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Frontier Fence Company

Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker — Amputations — BOISE, IDAHO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Frontier Fence Company in BOISE, IDAHO
Employer Frontier Fence Company Report ID 2016076608
Address 563 S Curtis Rd City, State ZIP BOISE, IDAHO 83705
Event Date July 20, 2016 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker Source of Injury Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 238190 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 43.59000, -116.25000

Incident Narrative

An employee was trying to flip a metal stair stringer over when it fell onto his hand and crushed his index finger between the stair stringer and the concrete resulting in the amputation of the index fingertip.

Incident Summary

On July 20, 2016, a worker at Frontier Fence Company in BOISE, IDAHO suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker, with structural metal materials, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 425 severe injury reports involving "Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker" incidents in our database. Browse all Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker injuries.

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