Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Westlake Pipe & Fittings, 401 Industrial Park Rd, BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI 38829
on , Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries, affecting the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
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Final narrative
Employees were setting up an 8-inch sewer PVC pipe line. An employee was removing/rolling a scrap PVC pipe off the conveyor when their little fingertip was crushed between the end of the PVC pipe and the post for the overhead bus stop guard (fixed guard). The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
HospitalizedFinger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)Conveyors unspecified