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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017032486 · 3/17/2017 · Gerdau Ameristeel

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Gerdau Ameristeel
Location
1301 Jones Rd, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, 72450
NAICS
423860
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a rail spike machine and noticed that a steel bar was not feeding properly into the pinch wheel. The employee used his hand to manipulate the bar to feed properly and caught his right middle finger in a pinch point resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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