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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016109501 · 10/8/2016 · Mississippi Steel Processing LLC

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
Bundles, bales
Secondary source
Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.

Employer

Name
Mississippi Steel Processing LLC
Location
400 North Steel Street, COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, 39701
NAICS
331221
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was trying to square a bundle of steel sheets using a 4X4 piece of wood up against an I-beam. The sheets caught the employee's left little finger, removing flesh from the knuckle to the fingertip. The fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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