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Byers Industrial Services, LLC

Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker — Amputations — FRANKLINVILLE, NEW JERSEY

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Byers Industrial Services, LLC in FRANKLINVILLE, NEW JERSEY
Employer Byers Industrial Services, LLC Report ID 2023076355
Address 1100 Grant Ave City, State ZIP FRANKLINVILLE, NEW JERSEY 08322
Event Date July 17, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker Source of Injury Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 236220 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 39.63000, -75.06000

Incident Narrative

An employee was helping load a truck for delivery. He was picking up a bottle of argon weighing 125 to 155 pounds and lost his balance. The employee fell and the bottle landed on his hand, fracturing the index, middle, and ring fingers and amputating a fingertip.

Incident Summary

On July 17, 2023, a worker at Byers Industrial Services, LLC in FRANKLINVILLE, NEW JERSEY suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker, with containers-pressurized, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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