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FESCO, Ltd

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — ALICE, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at FESCO, Ltd in ALICE, TEXAS
Employer FESCO, Ltd Report ID 2015021040
Address 1501 E. Main Street City, State ZIP ALICE, TEXAS 78332
Event Date February 2, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Industry (NAICS) 213112 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 27.75000, -98.05000

Incident Narrative

The injured employee had his left hand on a forklift, signaling to the operator to lower the forks due to an unbalanced situation with a parts catcher screen assembly. In the process of lowering the forks the screen assembly shifted smashing the tip of the employees index finger on his left hand between the bonnet of the manual valve of the screen assembly and the forks.

Incident Summary

On February 2, 2015, a worker at FESCO, Ltd in ALICE, TEXAS suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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