Amputations

Name: Amputations at AK Steel Holdings
Start: 10/9/2017

1 amputation · 2017109676 · 10/9/2017 · AK Steel Holdings

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: Nonclassifiable
Secondary source: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified

Employer

Name: AK Steel Holdings
Location: 1801 Crawford Street, MIDDLETOWN, OHIO, 45044
NAICS: 331110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were lifting a moisture sensor onto a platform when one employee caught a finger between the sensor and the platform resulting in amputation of the right ring finger at the first knuckle.

Source

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