After climbing stairs to plate presses, employee was standing on landing, the employee used EE's hands to gesture inadvertently striking the hand rail with EE's little finger of EE's left hand. Employee reported injury but refused medical attention. The next day the finger had swollen and changed color, employee was taken to family clinic. A fracture was found via x-ray.
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VB Operations, LLC · Struck against stationary object
February 17, 2018
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
steel worker, iron metal worker, iron worker
STRIKING OR BUMPING
VB Operations, LLC · Struck against stationary object
Employee was crouched down, below a piece of steel angle, working and stood straight up when finished. Hit their collarbone on steel angle breaking the collarbone.
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