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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020054533 · 5/15/2020 · Steel and Pipe Supply

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source
Bundles, bales
Secondary source
Cranes, unspecified

Employer

Name
Steel and Pipe Supply
Location
4750 West Marshall Ave, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75604
NAICS
332996
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting a bundle of material that he had loaded on a trailer. He was using a crane to raise one end of the bundle (to slide a block under it) when the bundle slipped off the crane's chain and pinched his hand. His left index finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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