Amputations

Name: Amputations at Nucor Steel
Start: 8/10/2015

1 amputation · 2015085620 · 8/10/2015 · Nucor Steel

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Cranes, unspecified

Employer

Name: Nucor Steel
Location: 8812 Hwy 79 West, JEWETT, TEXAS, 75846
NAICS: 331111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a crane. He removed a pin that retained the dead end of the wire rope. His finger entered the hole where the pin was and the rope shifted causing an amputation of his right index fingertip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown