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Fractured wrist and fingers
| Injury Type: |
Fractured wrist and fingers |
| Core Activity: |
Masonry |
| Location: |
Winnipeg |
| ID Number: |
061 |
| Date of Incident: |
January 2010 |
| Sector: |
Construction |
Details
A worker was carrying bricks to the bricklayers on a scaffold when the scaffold plank broke. The worker fell a distance of approximately 5 feet. The bricks the worker was carrying reportedly struck the worker's right arm, fracturing the wrist and several fingers.
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