Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Harris Waste Management Group, Inc., 315 West 12 Avenue, CORDELE, GEORGIA 31015
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
The employee was moving a manifold via three portable pipe stands when one of the stand's casters got stuck in a divot in the cement floor. As the employee attempted to push the manifold from the first stand, the weight of the manifold became unevenly distributed causing the manifold to fall from the pipe stands. The employee's finger was caught between the pipe stand and the manifold resulting in the amputation of the employee's first digit of the right thumb.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Parts and materials, unspecified
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