Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sletten Construction Company, Laurel Interchange, LAUREL, MONTANA 59044
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was setting a retaining wall. The employee's left hand was caught between a shackle and rigging, and the index finger was amputated at the second knuckle.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
More severe injuries at Sletten Construction Company
An employee was operating a forklift when the forklift went off the road. The employee jumped from the forklift and was crushed by the forklift from the waist down.
While moving equipment (a concrete testing machine) from one building to another via forklift the load became unstable and began to tip off of the forks. An employee attempted to grab the equipment to keep it from falling and his hand was caught between the equipment and a doorframe. He suffered lacerations to his hand and a fracture resulting in hospitalization.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
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