LA PORTE, TEXAS—
Tracer Construction
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Tracer Construction, 1943 Independence Pkwy, LA PORTE, TEXAS 77571 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
Employee was in the process of repositioning a vertical lift basket when his right pinky finger was contacted by a cable pulley. The employee went to the hospital were he was treated and released.
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