IRVING, TEXAS—
Orion Concrete Construction, LLC
Injured by object handled by person unspecified · Amputations involving bone loss
Final narrative
Employees were working under a platform walkway, removing bollard pipe. An employee went to lift and get the bollard unstuck from the footer. The bollard came free and shifted into the corner of the adjacent wall, causing their right ring finger to get caught between the pipe edge and wall corner. The employee sustained an amputation of the distal knuckle of the finger.
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