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Lexicon Inc.

Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. — Amputations — LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Lexicon Inc. in LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
Employer Lexicon Inc. Report ID 2016098579
Address 8900 Fourche Dam Pike Street City, State ZIP LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72206
Event Date September 10, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Toes(s), toenail(s)
Event Type Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. Source of Injury Barge
Secondary Source Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
Industry (NAICS) 238120 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 34.65000, -92.28000

Incident Narrative

An employee and his crew were loading steel coils onto a barge for shipment. As a coil was being lowered onto the saddle-shaped dunnage, the employee used his right foot to adjust the position of the dunnage board. He missed the board and the coil came down on top of the steel-toed cap of his boot, which collapsed onto his right toes. His big-toe nailbed was crushed and his second toe was fractured. His third and fourth toes were surgically amputated just below the nailbed.

Incident Summary

On September 10, 2016, a worker at Lexicon Inc. in LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS suffered amputations to the toes(s), toenail(s). The incident was classified as water vehicle incident, n.e.c., with barge identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

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