AUGUSTA, GEORGIA·
MACUCH STEEL PRODUCTS, INC.
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures and dislocations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at MACUCH STEEL PRODUCTS, INC., 1527 AUGUSTA AVENUE, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30914 on , Fractures and dislocations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using a crane with a magnet to turn over a steel plate measuring 7 feet by 4 feet and 1 1/4 inches thick. As the steel plate reached a vertical position, it fell from the magnet. The employee attempted to grab it, and the steel plate contacted their right hand. The ring finger's proximal phalanx was fractured and displaced with rotation and had a laceration. The little finger's proximal phalanx was fractured but not displaced.
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