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Amputations
1 amputation · 2017065992 · 6/30/2017 · Nucor Steel
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- Source
- Shearing machines
Employer
- Name
- Nucor Steel
- Location
- 8812 Hwy 79 West, JEWETT, TEXAS, 75846
- NAICS
- 331111
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was changing blades on a shear when his left hand was caught in the blade holder, amputating part of his thumb.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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