Amputations

Name: Amputations at Coastal Steel, Inc.
Start: 3/1/2019

1 amputation · 2019032245 · 3/1/2019 · Coastal Steel, Inc.

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-other fixed or stationary cranes

Employer

Name: Coastal Steel, Inc.
Location: Epcot Center Project Saulsalito, LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA, 32830
NAICS: 238120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were retracting the pullout extension on the end of the jib attachment on a 35-ton crane. An employee was pushing on the jib extension and his left index finger was crushed by the sheave on the end of the jib causing a fingertip amputation with bone loss.

Source

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