Amputations

Name: Amputations at GBC Metals LLC
Start: 8/11/2015

1 amputation · 2015085652 · 8/11/2015 · GBC Metals LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Chains, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: GBC Metals LLC
Location: 305 Lewis Clark Blvd, EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS, 62024
NAICS: 331421
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was finishing up repairs to the 4DC Up Elevator. The employee proceeded to pull slack out of the drive chain. After cleaning the teeth of the sprocket, the weight of the chain pinched the employee's finger between the chain and a sprocket resulting in the amputation of 3/8 inch of the tip of the left right finger. LOTO was used.

Source

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