BROOKLYN, NEW YORK—
Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc, 50 Kent Avenue, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11249 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was helping a mechanic demobilize a grout silo when his finger was caught between the support leg and the floor, lacerating his right middle finger and amputating part of the fingertip.
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An employee was removing a pin from an excavator bucket when a pry bar popped and struck them in the jaw, fracturing it. The employee was hospitalized.
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A mechanic was using a prybar to remove a pin from the arm of an excavator that was being offloaded. The prybar slipped, striking the employee in the face. The employee sustained a severe laceration to the face and was hospitalized for surgery. The employee also lost the use of his right eye.
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An employee was using a plasma torch to cut metal off an excavator bucket. The heat created a fire that ignited his clothes. The employee sustained second degree burns to the left side of the torso.
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