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Howard Industries

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Howard Industries in LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
Employer Howard Industries Report ID 2018054682
Address 3225 Pendorff Road City, State ZIP LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI 39441
Event Date May 14, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Nonclassifiable
Secondary Source Skids, pallets
Industry (NAICS) 335311 Inspection # 1317345
GPS Coordinates 31.65000, -89.17000

Incident Narrative

An employee was upending a transformer that was on a skid when the employee's left fourth fingertip was pinched and partially amputated between a runner and the skid.

Incident Summary

On May 14, 2018, a worker at Howard Industries in LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with nonclassifiable identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 4,985 severe injury reports involving "Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment" incidents in our database. Browse all Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment injuries.

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