RUSTON, LOUISIANA—
Trinity Heavy Hauling, LLC
Struck by thrown object-unintentional injury · Amputations
Final narrative
The injured employee was positioning wooden chock blocks/boards for leveling a piece of equipment. Another employee tossed a board towards the board the injured employee was holding. It struck the board the injured employee was holding and smashed the tip of the employee's right ring finger. The employee suffered an open fracture and avulsion and underwent a medical amputation of about 1/2 inch off the tip of the finger.
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