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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 2020021584 · 2/18/2020 · Ports America

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
Ports America
Location
3927 Wharf Rd, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77550
NAICS
488320
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was being lifted in a man basket and tried to hook up a cable to a construction truck bucket. He asked the forklift operator to raise him higher and his finger was pinched between the man basket and a bolt, causing a deep tissue injury that required surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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