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Midwest Production Service, Inc.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Fractures — ZAHL, NORTH DAKOTA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Midwest Production Service, Inc. in ZAHL, NORTH DAKOTA
Employer Midwest Production Service, Inc. Report ID 2023043254
Address Highway 85 and 86th Street NW, Smokey Bear Pad City, State ZIP ZAHL, NORTH DAKOTA 58856
Event Date April 12, 2023 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 Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
Industry (NAICS) 213112 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 48.64000, -103.79000

Incident Narrative

An employee was switching the attachment on a pay loader from a bucket to forks. The employee was adjusting the fork width when the fork attachment pinched their right middle finger and fractured it.

Incident Summary

On April 12, 2023, a worker at Midwest Production Service, Inc. in ZAHL, NORTH DAKOTA suffered fractures to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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