STRUCTURAL STEEL SERVICES, INC.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
| Employer | STRUCTURAL STEEL SERVICES, INC. | Report ID | 2017032817 |
| Address | 6215 ST. LOUIS STREET | City, State ZIP | MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI 39301 |
| Event Date | March 28, 2017 | Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | 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) | 332312 | Inspection # | 1221807 |
| GPS Coordinates | 32.32000, -88.74000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was moving a steel beam to a truck with an overhead crane. The employee attached the crane hook into a bolt hole at one end of the steel beam to be moved. The steel was lifted and lowered to dunnage. The steel beam slipped from the dunnage and pinched the employee's left thumb, requiring hospitalization.
Incident Summary
On March 28, 2017, a worker at STRUCTURAL STEEL SERVICES, INC. in MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury 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.
Context
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