Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1300 Robert C. Byrd Dr, GALLIPOLIS FERRY, WEST VIRGINIA 25515
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was securing a jib with a chain fall. His right index finger was caught and crushed between the chain and hoist rail. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedCranes-other fixed or stationary cranes
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