Amputations

Name: Amputations at Nucor Steel Birmingham, Inc.
Start: 8/17/2015

1 amputation · 2015085850 · 8/17/2015 · Nucor Steel Birmingham, Inc.

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: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
Secondary source: Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Nucor Steel Birmingham, Inc.
Location: 2301 F. L. Shuttlesworth Drive, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35234
NAICS: 331110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on the ground, lining up a load for a flatbed truck. The employee had placed dunnage on the tire and moved it right as the load was put in place. This caused the trailer to level out and catch his finger between the dunnage and the trailer frame. He sustained a partial fingertip amputation, no bone, to the fourth left-hand digit.

Source

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