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Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Cuts, lacerations — HEARNE, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at FEMA in HEARNE, TEXAS
Employer FEMA Report ID 20181111507
Address 787 Taxi Way Road City, State ZIP HEARNE, TEXAS 77859
Event Date November 7, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Cuts, lacerations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Movable ladders, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 624230 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 30.86000, -96.61000

Incident Narrative

An employee was collapsing a set of stairs. The stairs caught the employee's left middle fingertip, cutting it. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

Incident Summary

On November 7, 2018, a worker at FEMA in HEARNE, TEXAS suffered cuts, lacerations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with movable ladders, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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