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Amputations

1 hospitalization · 2019021311 · 2/5/2019 · Alliance Steel Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Scrap metal
Secondary source
Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified

Employer

Name
Alliance Steel Corporation
Location
6499 W. 65th St., BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS, 60638
NAICS
332312
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was pushing steel scrap with one hand into a container when a finger was pinched between a piece of scrap metal and the edge of a metal bar railing amputating the fingertip. The employee was wearing gloves at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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