Amputations

Name: Amputations at Oklahoma Steel and Wire
Start: 4/30/2020

1 amputation · 2020043981 · 4/30/2020 · Oklahoma Steel and Wire

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Oklahoma Steel and Wire
Location: 799 Highway 70 S, MADILL, OKLAHOMA, 73446
NAICS: 332618
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to empty a dumpster into a roll-off container when slack in the lift chain caused the forklift's mast to fall. His left thumb was caught between the mast and the dumpster, resulting in a partial left thumb amputation.

Source

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