Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Stanley Black and Decker, 1500 Waterloo Drive, SEDALIA, MISSOURI 65301
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was changing a die on a press. He had removed the bottom half of the die and loosened the clamp on the top die, and was sliding the top half of the die to the right of the press when the top half fell about 6 inches onto his right hand. His middle and ring fingers were broken.
An employee was walking up the stairs in an office area. Their right foot caught the edge of the stair at the top of the stairwell and they fell forward. The employee sustained a neck fracture.
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An employee was moving a coil of metal with a crane using a C-hook. As he was moving the hook, his left hand was caught between it and a second coil of metal on the floor. His middle finger was pinched between the spine of the C-hook and the edge of the metal coil on the floor. He suffered an amputation to the flesh at the tip of the finger, as well as a fracture to the fingertip.
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