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Glenn O. Hawbaker, Incorporated

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Glenn O. Hawbaker, Incorporated in STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Glenn O. Hawbaker, Incorporated Report ID 2022076688
Address Penn State University Campus - White Course Drive - Gate 4 City, State ZIP STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA 16801
Event Date July 29, 2022 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
Secondary Source Structures, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 238910 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.77000, -77.84000

Incident Narrative

An employee was guiding a plastic pipe in a trench to connect into a manhole inlet. The pipe was being lowered by an excavator and measured 12 inches in diameter and approximately 13 feet long. The employee was holding the end of the plastic pipe to maneuver it under the spreader of the ditch box when his left middle fingertip was pinched between the plastic pipe end and the spreader. The employee suffered a cut that resulted in surgical amputation of the fingertip.

Incident Summary

On July 29, 2022, a worker at Glenn O. Hawbaker, Incorporated in STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with plastic, pvc, or rubber pipes and tubing identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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