Amputations

Name: Amputations at POSCO AAPC LLC
Start: 10/2/2017

1 amputation · 2017109462 · 10/2/2017 · POSCO AAPC 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 during regular operation
Source: Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: POSCO AAPC LLC
Location: 6500 Jefferson Metro Parkway, MC CALLA, ALABAMA, 35111
NAICS: 423510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a separator to process a coil for final packaging when his right hand was caught between the separator and the coil, amputating his ring finger and lacerating his middle finger.

Source

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