AUSTIN, TEXAS·
Hanwha Momentum USA
Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c. · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Hanwha Momentum USA, 1 Tesla Road, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78725 on , Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
Employees were loading an I-beam using a crane and a scissor lift. The crane lifted the I-beam to where the employees were working in the scissor lift. One employee exited the lift basket to guide the I-beam into position. The employee went to use a strap to position the I-beam on the chamber by pulling the I-beam toward him and getting it into position. The injured employee was in the lift with his hand on the I-beam, and when the I-beam moved, his hand was caught between the I-beam and the scissor lift. The employee sustained an amputation of their left ring fingertip.
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