Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries

Name: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Power Contracting, LLC
Start: 10/7/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024109354 · 10/7/2024 · Power Contracting, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries

Cause

Event: Injured by object handled by person unspecified
Source: Rods, reinforcing bar (rebar) metal
Secondary source: Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name: Power Contracting, LLC
Location: Elgin, ELGIN, OKLAHOMA, 73538
NAICS: 237130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was putting up rebar to build a utility tower when his left index finger was caught in the rebar as he was putting it in place. The employee was hospitalized with a crushed left index fingertip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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