EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS—
Marguerite Concrete
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Marguerite Concrete, 99 Sumner Street, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02128 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was preparing to lift a bundle of rebar with a crane when the employee's thumb became caught in the clamp of the crane's jib, resulting in a thumb amputation.
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