Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sabel Steel Service, Inc.
Start: 8/24/2020

1 amputation · 2020088018 · 8/24/2020 · Sabel Steel Service, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Chains, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Angle irons

Employer

Name: Sabel Steel Service, Inc.
Location: 1968 Taylor Rd., DOTHAN, ALABAMA, 36302
NAICS: 423510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking a piece of angle steel down to be loaded onto a truck for delivery. While removing the chain from around the piece of steel, the chain slipped and caught the employee's fingertip against the angle steel, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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