Southwest Sealers Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment - Fractures - FRISCO, Texas
| Employer | Southwest Sealers Inc. |
| Address | 9700 Wade Boulevard |
| City, State ZIP | FRISCO, Texas 75035 |
| Report ID | 2020077005 |
| Event Date | July 24, 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 | Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted |
| Secondary Source | Walls |
| Industry (NAICS) | 236118 |
| GPS Coordinates | 33.13171, -96.79286 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was working on a boom lift when the equipment started to slowly come down and the basket tilted sideways. As the employee tried to push the basket away from the wall his left hand got caught between the top rail of the basket and the wall resulting in fractures to the thumb, index, and middle fingers.
Incident Summary
On July 24, 2020, a worker at Southwest Sealers Inc. in FRISCO, Texas suffered fractures to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
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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