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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021053777 · 5/7/2021 · Skana Aluminum Co

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Overhead hoists, unspecified

Employer

Name
Skana Aluminum Co
Location
2009 Mirro Dr., MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN, 54220
NAICS
331319
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was helping a maintenance worker install the upper portion of a coil car back into place using a hoist. This part weighs about 1,000 pounds. While seating the upper section onto the mounting bolts, the employees were working to loosen a bolt. The injured employee s right hand was on an impact wrench and his other hand was on the nut. As it was loosening, the upper portion of the coil unit came loose and caught the injured employee s hand against the lower portion of the coil block. The injured employee sustained crushing injuries and an amputation to the middle finger of their left hand.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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