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Consolidated Concrete Corporation

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Consolidated Concrete Corporation in EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
Employer Consolidated Concrete Corporation Report ID 2018010969
Address 835 Taunton Avenue City, State ZIP EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND 02914
Event Date January 29, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Concrete blocks, cinder blocks
Industry (NAICS) 327310 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.82000, -71.34000

Incident Narrative

An employee was carrying and stacking cement blocks when his gloved left pinky finger became caught under a block. As he attempted to pull the finger from underneath the block, his hand came out of the glove and suffered an amputation to the top of his left pinky finger.

Incident Summary

On January 29, 2018, a worker at Consolidated Concrete Corporation in EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with concrete blocks, cinder blocks identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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