Amputations

Name: Amputations at BlueScope Buildings, NA
Start: 8/23/2019

1 amputation · 2019088772 · 8/23/2019 · BlueScope Buildings, NA

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Cranes-other fixed or stationary cranes

Employer

Name: BlueScope Buildings, NA
Location: 2250 Southwest Lower Lake Road, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64504
NAICS: 332311
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a jib crane with a magnetic attachment to lift a steel plate. While stabilizing the load with his left hand, the weight shifted and his left middle finger was pinched between the magnet and the hook partially amputating skin from the finger.

Source

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