Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BEN HUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, 8920 Airport Road, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63134
on — Fractures , affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working out of a boom lift, erecting a steel beam. The employee released the rigging from the beam, and the rigging then became caught on a bolt on a lower connection point of the beam. As the rigging was being raised up by the crane, it came loose, and the employee s right hand became tangled with the wire rope choker. The employee sustained fractures to their right index and middle fingers, and required surgery.
Hospitalized Other finger(s) n.e.c. Cranes unspecified
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