Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walsh Construction Company II, LLC, 1000 Jorie Blvd., OAK BROOK, ILLINOIS 60523
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was completing a post-assembly inspection of the main hoist cable of a lattice crawler crane as it was being spooled onto the drum. His left hand became pinched between the drum and the cable, resulting in the partial amputation of his ring and little fingers.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Cranes other mobile cranes
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