Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Space Exploration Technologies, Space Exploration Technologies East Coast Recovery Dock, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA 32920
on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was performing rigging operations. While installing a pin into a 120-ton lifting shackle, the employee's right little finger was caught between the pin and the hole in the shackle. The employee sustained a laceration to the finger that required hospitalization, surgery, and possible amputation.