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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016043122 · 4/14/2016 · QSI Steel Fabricators

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Shearing machines
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
QSI Steel Fabricators
Location
531 Ross Clark Circle, DOTHAN, ALABAMA, 36304
NAICS
332312
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working with a piece of metal on a shear machine while wearing gloves when his hand became caught on the machine guard. The guard pulled the glove and his left middle finger into the machine, amputating the fingertip almost to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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