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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021043248 · 4/19/2021 · Charter Steel Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural

Employer

Name
Charter Steel Company
Location
1658 Cold Springs Road, SAUKVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53080
NAICS
331111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was placing elbow spacers between 4-inch by 4-inch, 40-foot-long billets. The tips of the employee's left pinky and ring fingers were crushed between an elbow and a billet, causing fingertip amputations.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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