Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Bernhard MCC
Start: 4/20/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021043268 · 4/20/2021 · Bernhard MCC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Bernhard MCC
Location: 1 Galleria, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA, 70002
NAICS: 332913
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was installing neoprene vibration dampeners under an air handling unit. The unit had been lifted about 1/2 inch off a concrete slab. It slipped off the lifting mechanism and crushed the employee's fingertip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown