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Kiswire Pine Bluff, Inc.

Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. — Fractures — PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Kiswire Pine Bluff, Inc. in PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS
Employer Kiswire Pine Bluff, Inc. Report ID 2017065400
Address 5100 Industrial Dr. South City, State ZIP PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS 71602
Event Date June 13, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. Source of Injury Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
Industry (NAICS) 332999 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 34.25000, -92.05000

Incident Narrative

An employee was showing a coworker how to flip an empty spool (3ft by 1ft). The spool was on the tip of his steel-toe boot when it slipped off and fell on his right hand, lacerating it and breaking his right middle finger.

Incident Summary

On June 13, 2017, a worker at Kiswire Pine Bluff, Inc. in PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS suffered fractures to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c., with reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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