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Northeast Contractors, Inc

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Northeast Contractors, Inc in EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
Employer Northeast Contractors, Inc Report ID 2016087980
Address Pratt & Whitney Headquarters Project, 400 Main Street City, State ZIP EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06108
Event Date August 24, 2016 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Wire, cables-nonelectrical
Secondary Source Construction, logging, and mining machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 238990 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.77000, -72.62000

Incident Narrative

An excavator was lifting a compactor out of an excavation. The cable that was used to lift the compactor slipped and an employee was repositioning the cable when his finger was caught between the cable and the compactor resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On August 24, 2016, a worker at Northeast Contractors, Inc in EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with wire, cables-nonelectrical identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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