Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at THOMPSON CONSTRUCTION GROUP, INC., 535 Commerce Drive, SOPERTON, GEORGIA 30457
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the forearm(s).
Final narrative
Employees were constructing a new refinery structure that is delivered to the site in sections referred to as modules. The modules consist of steel beams that are connected together and are then placed and connected to the overall structure. As the injured employee was placing a 86,000-pound module that was connected to a crane, the structural steel module moved into place. The employee's forearm was caught between the structure and the module, resulting in an avulsion and contusion.
HospitalizedForearm(s)Cranes, unspecified
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