Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Merit Water Services
Start: 5/23/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023054592 · 5/23/2023 · Merit Water Services

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Nonclassifiable

Employer

Name: Merit Water Services
Location: WTH 22-15 WP3 FM1379 and hwy 158 East of Midland, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79706
NAICS: 221310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unrolling plastic prepping for work loading and tried to push a bullet into a hole. His left thumb was crushed between the bullet and the plate.

Source

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