COLUMBUS, OHIO—
Engineered Profiles, LLC
Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was working to hang an adapter on a line in a building. They held the adapter in one hand and held a clamp in the other hand. As the employee was lifting the adapter into the cradle, the adapter slipped from the employee's hand and fell, causing their right hand to be crushed between the clamp and the adapter. The employee sustained a closed fracture of the right index finger.
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