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Tioga Pipe Supply Inc.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — HOUSTON, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Tioga Pipe Supply Inc. in HOUSTON, TEXAS
Employer Tioga Pipe Supply Inc. Report ID 2020088060
Address 14601 Almeda Rd City, State ZIP HOUSTON, TEXAS 77053
Event Date August 25, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
Industry (NAICS) 331210 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.59000, -95.42000

Incident Narrative

An employee was offloading pipe using a 5-ton overhead crane. He was lowering a bundle that had been lifted off center and was using his left hand to level and balance the load when the chain sling slipped and his left hand was trapped between the chain and the pipe. He was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On August 25, 2020, a worker at Tioga Pipe Supply Inc. in HOUSTON, TEXAS suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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