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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2022087132 · 8/11/2022 · Good Samaritan Society - Decatur County

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
Source
Beds, mattresses

Employer

Name
Good Samaritan Society - Decatur County
Location
108 East Ash Street, OBERLIN, KANSAS, 67749
NAICS
623110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was trying to change the electric motor on a hospital bed. The bed collapsed as he removed the motor, and its frame crushed his thumb. He suffered an open fracture to the thumb, with tendon damage, and was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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