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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2023098540 · 9/15/2023 · FCI Otisville Federal Correctional Institution

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Cabinets, cases-display, storage
Secondary source
Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name
FCI Otisville Federal Correctional Institution
Location
Two Mile Drive, OTISVILLE, NEW YORK, 10963
NAICS
922140
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was helping to move office furniture. As he was moving an empty file cabinet with a hand truck, the cabinet slipped and fell against the handle of the hand truck squeezing the employee's right hand and thumb, resulting in a laceration and a possible fracture and further injury that required hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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