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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019077298 · 7/17/2019 · Olympic Steel

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
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Olympic Steel
Location
1599 Nitterhouse Dr, CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17201
NAICS
331210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a bridge crane to replace slag trays in the burn table. The employee's left ring finger was caught between a slag tray and the inside receiving edge of the burn table, resulting in the fracture and amputation of the left ring fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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