Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at QMF Steel, Inc., 3846 IH 30 East, CAMPBELL, TEXAS 75422
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was moving a manufactured steel part that weighed approximately 70 lbs. from a pair of saw horses to the ground. He then tripped over one of the sawhorses, and three of his right-hand fingers were pinched between the steel part and the ground, amputating his middle fingertip and injuring the other two.
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