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Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries

1 hospitalization · 2024054600 · 5/25/2024 · R-Tech Refractories Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries

Cause

Event
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source
Tanks, bins, vats except confined space
Secondary source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

Employer

Name
R-Tech Refractories Inc
Location
275 Rodemacher Rd, Lena, LA 71447, LENA, LOUISIANA, 71447
NAICS
327120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was filling a rocking dumpster with refractory rubble and disposing of it into a bigger dumpster. The rocking dumpster was on the forks of a forklift. His left hand was on the bottom of the dumpster as he went to pour the rubble into a bigger dumpster below. When the rocking dumpster tipped over his left index, middle, and ring fingers were crushed between the dumpster and the forklift forks.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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