Amputations

Name: Amputations at Bridger Steel, Inc.
Start: 1/31/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019011139 · 1/31/2019 · Bridger Steel, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Bridger Steel, Inc.
Location: 11835 Qual, BLACK HAWK, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57718
NAICS: 332322
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a rag to clean rollers when the employee's glove became caught in the rollers, resulting in the amputation of two fingers. The rollers were unguarded at the time of the incident.

Source

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