SOUTH LAKE, TEXAS·
Kent Companies
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Kent Companies, 225 Central Ave., SOUTH LAKE, TEXAS 76092 on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was taking down a shore post for deck forming. After removing the pin from the shore post, he put his left hand on the top portion of the post and his right middle finger in one of the adjustment holes for the pin. When he proceeded to remove the shore post, it slid down and his middle finger was caught between the adjustable top slide and the adjustment hole itself, lacerating the very tip of his middle finger and resulting in an amputation.
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