Amputations

Name: Amputations at Cross Metals LLC
Start: 7/16/2021

1 amputation · 2021075830 · 7/16/2021 · Cross Metals LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name: Cross Metals LLC
Location: 14064 State Hwy 75, REMLAP, ALABAMA, 35133
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was inspecting a malfunction in the wire tie of a baler. The tension release bar engaged and caught the employee's right index fingertip resulting in an open fracture and partial amputation.

Source

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