Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c. · Fractures
Final narrative
Two employees were lifting and installing the lance tube into place using a combination of chain falls and manual manipulation. While moving the lance tube into place, the employee on one end lost their grip on the tube and it fell to the grating. Since the lance tube was also suspended from a chain fall, the other end went up and caught the injured employee's right hand between the lance tube and an I-beam. The injured employee suffered lacerations across the top of their little, ring and middle fingers, and fractures to their little and ring fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Other finger(s) n.e.c. Pipes, ducts, tubing unspecified
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.
An employee was using a crane to move a 44-foot, 3,343-pound I-beam. As the beam was moving west, it straightened out (north to south), beginning to swing south toward the northwest corner of a building. The crane then sent the beam southward, directly toward the corner of the building. The beam caught the tips of the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers against the building. The last joints of the middle and ring fingers were amputated, and the last joint of the index finger was partially crushed.
An employee was placing a board on top of a bundle of steel tubing. A crane was moving a bundle of steel that struck the employee and caught them against another bundle of steel tubing. The employee sustained a crushing injury and hematoma to the right upper leg.
Employees were using a crane to lower large tree stems and branches while removing limbs and branches from the load. This caused the load to shift and strike an employee in the back, resulting in a hematoma on the lower left part of their back and a fractured ankle.