Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Vigen Construction, Inc., 1823 Mill Road, GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58203
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was rigging a 6-foot bundle of steel to be hoisted off a roof, approximately 105 feet high, with a crane. When the crane lifted the bundle off the roof, the employee's hand was caught in the wire rope sling. He suffered an amputation to the left index finger.
An employee was working on slip forms from a suspended scaffold. The employee jumped from the suspended scaffold to the ground about 25 feet below. The employee's right hip was injured.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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