Amputations

Name: Amputations at Alter Trading Corporation
Start: 9/24/2015

1 amputation · 2015097054 · 9/24/2015 · Alter Trading Corporation

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: Scrap metal
Secondary source: Handrails, banisters

Employer

Name: Alter Trading Corporation
Location: 1640 West Bruce Street, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53204
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was sorting scrap metal by hand. The employee's finger got caught between a piece of metal and the handrail that it was being tossed over into a bin. The piece landed on the fingertip and pinched it between the rail, resulting in an amputation.

Source

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