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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018010969 · 1/29/2018 · Consolidated Concrete Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Concrete blocks, cinder blocks

Employer

Name
Consolidated Concrete Corporation
Location
835 Taunton Avenue, EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02914
NAICS
327310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was carrying and stacking cement blocks when his gloved left pinky finger became caught under a block. As he attempted to pull the finger from underneath the block, his hand came out of the glove and suffered an amputation to the top of his left pinky finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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