CORTEZ, COLORADO—
EasTex Tower LLC
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at EasTex Tower LLC, 9045 Road 27, CORTEZ, COLORADO 81321 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was moving steel from a flatbed trailer when the steel flipped off dunnage on the trailer and rolled onto his right ring finger. The finger was pinched between the steel and the trailer, causing the amputation of the fingertip (with no bone loss).
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