Amputations

Name: Amputations at Hall Industries, Inc.
Start: 6/29/2016

1 amputation · 2016065826 · 6/29/2016 · Hall Industries, 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: Band saws
Secondary source: Angle irons

Employer

Name: Hall Industries, Inc.
Location: 1 USS Industrial Way, ELLWOOD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, 16117
NAICS: 332710
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were manually handling two pieces of 3" x 3" x 3/8" angle iron that were 20-feet long, attempting to get the pieces on a band saw. As the employees moved the angle iron onto the saw, the injured employee's right pinky finger was caught between the angle iron and the saw table, amputating the fingertip.

Source

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