Amputations

Name: Amputations at North American Galvanizing Company
Start: 3/17/2016

1 amputation · 2016032329 · 3/17/2016 · North American Galvanizing Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
Source: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)

Employer

Name: North American Galvanizing Company
Location: 9103 Fairbanks N. Houston Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77064
NAICS: 332812
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was turning steel members to attach a bar code on the material. While flipping one piece of material, the piece next to it rolled back and caught/amputated his left index fingertip in a pinch point.

Source

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