Amputations

Name: Amputations at Bristol Metals, LLC.
Start: 4/30/2018

1 amputation · 2018044127 · 4/30/2018 · Bristol Metals, LLC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Cranes, unspecified

Employer

Name: Bristol Metals, LLC.
Location: 1001 East Waterfront Drive, MUNHALL, PENNSYLVANIA, 15120
NAICS: 331110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was hanging a coil of steel on a coil holder using a metal mesh sling. The sling was being removed when the crane eye caught the shaft of the mandrel. The employee's left middle finger was then caught between the eye of the sling and the mandrel, amputating the fingertip.

Source

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