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Forterra Pipe and Precast

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — PELHAM, ALABAMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Forterra Pipe and Precast in PELHAM, ALABAMA
Employer Forterra Pipe and Precast Report ID 2019021402
Address 400 Industrial Park Drive City, State ZIP PELHAM, ALABAMA 35124
Event Date February 7, 2019 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
Secondary Source Jacks
Industry (NAICS) 327332 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 33.29000, -86.82000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working to remove the side forms from a 72" bulb tee line. He was unhooking the forms from a jack using lifting devices and steel pins. As he pulled the pin from the lifting device with his right hand, he attempted to push the pin with his left hand. His left index finger then entered the hole on the form brackets. The jack operator then lifted the device from the form, catching the employee's left index finger in the hole on the bracket. He suffered a left index fingertip amputation just below the first joint.

Incident Summary

On February 7, 2019, a worker at Forterra Pipe and Precast in PELHAM, ALABAMA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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