CASTROVILLE, TEXAS·
Central Backhoe and Utilities
Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Central Backhoe and Utilities, Sittre St., CASTROVILLE, TEXAS 78056 on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was in the trench putting a gasket on the previous pipe joint when an excavator started lifting the cut joint. The pipe swung like a pendulum as it was lifted and smashed the employee's left-hand fingers between the swinging pipe and the existing pipe. Two fingers were surgically amputated to the first knuckle.
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