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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2020098936 · 9/21/2020 · JSW Steel USA

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
JSW Steel USA
Location
5200 E. McKinney Rd. #110, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77523
NAICS
331111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employees were performing maintenance on a crimp press. The employees were using an impact (pneumatic) wrench to remove bolts from a vertically positioned cylinder in the crimp press. The injured employee was supporting the weight of the impact wrench to keep it steady. His fingers were underneath the vertically positioned impact wrench, away from the nut being removed. When the final nut was loosened, the cylinder slid down and crushed his pinky finger between the back/bottom of the impact wrench and the metal below it.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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