Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Waggoner Construction, Inc., 220 North Center Street, FREDERICKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17026
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An ironworker was checking a bolt hole on a steel column to see why a bolt would not go into the hole. A steel beam (still attached to a crane) was being connected to the column. The beam shifted and pinched the employee's finger, amputating the left middle fingertip.
AmputationFingertip(s)Beams-unattached metal
More severe injuries at Waggoner Construction, Inc.
An employee was installing 2x4s on trusses. As the employee walked on a 2x4 to get his sweatshirt, the 2x4 broke, causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee sustained bilateral ankle fractures and a T12 vertebral fracture.
An employee was cleaning out a 20-yard dumpster hopper on the back of a truck. The hopper was at an angle; the employee slipped, slid out the back of the dumpster, and landed on construction debris about 4 feet below. He sustained an L2 vertebra fracture.
An employee was working on the edge of a residential roof placing starter shingles while kneeling. When he stood up to change locations, he stepped on an air hose, causing him to slip and fall approximately 20 feet from the roof to the ground. The employee suffered fractures to the right heel and back.
An employee was replacing a steam valve while working from an elevated plywood platform. The ratchet he was using slipped from the valve bolt, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall approximately 8 feet to floor below. The employee sustained a fractured right arm.
An employee was climbing back into a dump truck when he lost his balance and fell backwards, striking his head, back, and ribs on the ground. His head required stitches, and his back and ribs were possibly broken.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 238190)
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An employee was standing on a concrete wall, stripping concrete forms using a pry bar. The employee fell from the wall to the ground 9 feet below, suffering a fractured back and arm.
An employee was welding a beam when they fell 12 feet from a scissor lift to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their face, thumb, and both wrists.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
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An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.