Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c. · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
Final narrative
An employee was loading bundles of steel onto a gondola-style railcar. When an overhead crane lowered a bundle into the railcar, the horizontal wood cribbing shifted. The employee noticed and directed the crane operator to lift the bundle approximately six inches. They proceeded to adjust the wood cribbing and then directed the crane operator to lower the lift. The employee's right hand was positioned in a pinch point between the horizontal wood cribbing and the bundle of steel or lifting chain, resulting in the amputation of their right middle fingertip.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Beams and rails metal
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.