OSHA Injury Report: 080 Columbus OH Barnhart Crane and Rigging LLC

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was installing a handrail on a catwalk

What happened

Employees were installing a handrail on a catwalk The handrail was being cut to length using a portable band saw electric The injured employee was performing the cut when the excess portion was falling off the end the employee used their left to catch it The power button was deactivated but the blade continued to cycle through the residual capacity energy still in the tool The employee in an attempt to grab the excess piece inadvertently put their hand in the pathway of the saw as it also fell creating a struck by incident Impact from the saw cut through employees glove and through the skin on the back side of their left hand Impact was between the thumb and wrist area Resulting in 8 sutures

Injury or illness

8 stitiches

Object or substance involved

Saw

Summary line

Laceration on employees left hand resuting in 8 stitiches

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.