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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017065706 · 6/21/2017 · Latrobe Specialty Metals, LLC

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, n.e.c.
Source
Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Latrobe Specialty Metals, LLC
Location
2626 Ligonier Street, LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15650
NAICS
331221
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was setting up a straightener and loading a steel bar into it when his left glove became wrapped around the bar. Two digits on his left hand were amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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