Kellog Brown and Root, Inc.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — FREEPORT, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Kellog Brown and Root, Inc. in FREEPORT, TEXAS
Employer Kellog Brown and Root, Inc. Report ID 2016109511
Address 121 Entrance Road City, State ZIP FREEPORT, TEXAS 77541
Event Date October 8, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Beams-unattached metal
Industry (NAICS) 237990 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 28.97000, -95.35000

Incident Narrative

An employee was repositioning an I-beam when his right middle and ring fingers were caught and partially amputated between the moving I-beam and an adjacent stationary I-beam.

Incident Summary

On October 8, 2016, a worker at Kellog Brown and Root, Inc. in FREEPORT, TEXAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with beams-unattached metal identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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