Amputations

Name: Amputations at True North Steel
Start: 9/12/2017

1 amputation · 2017098734 · 9/12/2017 · True North Steel

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Cranes, unspecified

Employer

Name: True North Steel
Location: 2522 Memorial Highway, MANDAN, NORTH DAKOTA, 58554
NAICS: 331110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was welding a stair pan. The employee used a crane to lift the stair pan up six inches. The block slipped and pinched the employee's left thumb resulting in amputation above the knuckle.

Source

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