Amputations

Name: Amputations at Turner Steel Company, Inc.
Start: 10/10/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20191010645 · 10/10/2019 · Turner Steel Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Angle irons
Secondary source: Conveyors-roller

Employer

Name: Turner Steel Company, Inc.
Location: 128 North Main Street, WEST BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS, 02379
NAICS: 423510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was rolling angles along non-mechanical conveyor rollers to bring material closer to a cutting saw. The employee's left little finger was crushed between a roller and the material, resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip.

Source

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