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Engineered Floors, LLC

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Engineered Floors, LLC in BRIDGEPORT, ALABAMA
Employer Engineered Floors, LLC Report ID 2020032161
Address 236 EF Flooring Avenue City, State ZIP BRIDGEPORT, ALABAMA 35740
Event Date March 6, 2020 Outcome 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 Beams-unattached metal
Secondary Source Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
Industry (NAICS) 313110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 34.94000, -85.71000

Incident Narrative

An employee was putting a brass bushing in a ring bearing for a beam. A forklift was lowering the beam while the employee was manually adjusting the position of the bushing. The injured employee's left ring finger was crushed by the beam resulting in surgical amputation.

Incident Summary

On March 6, 2020, a worker at Engineered Floors, LLC in BRIDGEPORT, ALABAMA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with beams-unattached metal identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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