Struck by object dropped by person · Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Suntec Concrete, Inc., 8000 S Federal Way, BOISE, IDAHO 83716
on — Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was on a scaffold setting concrete forms at a construction site. The employee was hoisting up a scaffold stringer and set it down when it slipped. He went to catch it and his finger became caught between the stringer and the scaffold gate. The employee sustained a partial tissue amputation to the right little finger below the last digit and required stitches to his ring finger.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Self-supporting scaffolds or staging
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