Amputations

Name: Amputations at MID CONTINENT STEEL AND WIRE INC.
Start: 4/19/2022

1 amputation · 2022043369 · 4/19/2022 · MID CONTINENT STEEL AND WIRE INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: MID CONTINENT STEEL AND WIRE INC.
Location: 2700 Central Avenue, POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI, 63901
NAICS: 332618
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was setting up a nail making machine, changing out the carrier block bolt. The employee bent down to check the gripper pin. The jog button was actuated and their left index finger was caught in the head roller resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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