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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181011115 · 10/28/2018 · Omaha Steel Castings Co LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Barrels, drums-except pressurized
Secondary source
Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Omaha Steel Castings Co LLC
Location
921 E 12th St., WAHOO, NEBRASKA, 68066
NAICS
332312
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was dumping a quench tank slag barrel into a dumpster when he grabbed the barrel and it slipped, creating a pinch point on the barrel and self-tipping hopper that amputated the distal phalanges on his right middle and ring fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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