Injured by object handled by person unspecified · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Orion Concrete Construction, LLC, 6311 Longhorn Drive, IRVING, TEXAS 75063
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
Employees were working under a platform walkway, removing bollard pipe. An employee went to lift and get the bollard unstuck from the footer. The bollard came free and shifted into the corner of the adjacent wall, causing their right ring finger to get caught between the pipe edge and wall corner. The employee sustained an amputation of the distal knuckle of the finger.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Pipes, ducts, tubing unspecified
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