Amputations

Name: Amputations at Coastal Steel Inc
Start: 4/30/2022

1 amputation · 2022043734 · 4/30/2022 · Coastal Steel Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Trusses, girders, beams-structurally attached, unspecified
Secondary source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Coastal Steel Inc
Location: 4401 Floridian Way, LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA, 32830
NAICS: 238120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were transporting a 40-foot truss on carts. They were readjusting the truss when it was set down on one employee's left middle finger. The fingertip was amputated from the nail up.

Source

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