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Amputations
1 amputation · 2015020500 · 2/17/2015 · Vulcan Pipe and Steel Coatings, Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- Vulcan Pipe and Steel Coatings, Inc.
- Location
- 2400 WOODARD RD, BESSEMER, ALABAMA, 35218
- NAICS
- 332812
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was using a spin blaster on the inside of a pipe when his hand got caught in the sprocket and chain, amputating his left-hand ring finger.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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