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Tramco Inc

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — WICHITA, KANSAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Tramco Inc in WICHITA, KANSAS
Employer Tramco Inc Report ID 2016032603
Address 1020 E 19th St N City, State ZIP WICHITA, KANSAS 67214
Event Date March 28, 2016 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Cranes-other fixed or stationary cranes
Secondary Source Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
Industry (NAICS) 332322 Inspection # 1137619
GPS Coordinates 37.71000, -97.32000

Incident Narrative

An employee was securing a lift hook to a table on a jib crane when the employee's right thumb tip was crushed/amputated between the hook and lift table.

Incident Summary

On March 28, 2016, a worker at Tramco Inc in WICHITA, KANSAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with cranes-other fixed or stationary cranes identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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