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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019021402 · 2/7/2019 · Forterra Pipe and Precast

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
Secondary source
Jacks

Employer

Name
Forterra Pipe and Precast
Location
400 Industrial Park Drive, PELHAM, ALABAMA, 35124
NAICS
327332
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working to remove the side forms from a 72" bulb tee line. He was unhooking the forms from a jack using lifting devices and steel pins. As he pulled the pin from the lifting device with his right hand, he attempted to push the pin with his left hand. His left index finger then entered the hole on the form brackets. The jack operator then lifted the device from the form, catching the employee's left index finger in the hole on the bracket. He suffered a left index fingertip amputation just below the first joint.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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