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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2018032225 · 3/6/2018 · North Houston Pole Line

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
Secondary source
Utility and telephone poles

Employer

Name
North Houston Pole Line
Location
31822 South of Hwy 105, PLANTERSVILLE, TEXAS, 77363
NAICS
238210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was in an aerial lift preparing to install mechanical rigging onto a new power line when the fourth and fifth fingers of the employee's right hand were pinched and crushed between the aerial lift basket rail and the cross arm of the power line structure.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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