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Chain Electric

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Fractures — LUBBOCK, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Chain Electric in LUBBOCK, TEXAS
Employer Chain Electric Report ID 2020043006
Address 5502 CO RD 6300 City, State ZIP LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79416
Event Date April 2, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Nonclassifiable
Secondary Source Trailers
Industry (NAICS) 238910 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 33.63000, -101.93000

Incident Narrative

Employees were using a front-end loader to load equipment onto a trailer when the equipment shifted, striking an employee's hand and trapping it between the equipment and the trailer. The employee sustained a broken right pinky finger that required surgery and received stitches on the right ring finger.

Incident Summary

On April 2, 2020, a worker at Chain Electric in LUBBOCK, TEXAS suffered fractures to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with nonclassifiable identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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