Amputations

Name: Amputations at JSW STEEL USA, Inc.
Start: 5/20/2019

1 amputation · 2019055103 · 5/20/2019 · JSW STEEL USA, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Band saws

Employer

Name: JSW STEEL USA, Inc.
Location: 5200 E. MCKINNEY, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77523
NAICS: 331210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was positioning a piece of steel in a band saw's pneumatically powered clamp mechanism to hold the sample for cutting when his right thumb distal tip was caught in the clamp. He suffered a partial amputation of the thumb tissue under the nail.

Source

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