U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons
Injured by object pushed or pulled by person · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Prison Camp Morgantown, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA 26507
on — Fractures , affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was moving a portable cement mixer and caught his right finger under the hitch used to pull the cement mixer. His finger was pinched between the ground and the mixer, resulting in a fractured fingertip.
Hospitalized Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Agitators, mixers earth, mineral
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