Fractures

Name: Fractures at Kloeckner Metals Corporation
Start: 12/20/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191213071 · 12/20/2019 · Kloeckner Metals Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Metal plates, metal panels
Secondary source: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space

Employer

Name: Kloeckner Metals Corporation
Location: 2005 Grassland Parkway, ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA, 30005
NAICS: 423510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving the scrap skeleton of a steel plate when his thumb was caught between the scrap bin and the steel plate as it slid into place. His right thumb was fractured.

Source

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