Amputations

Name: Amputations at American Cast Iron Pipe Company
Start: 6/27/2022

1 amputation · 2022065575 · 6/27/2022 · American Cast Iron Pipe Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Dies, molds, patterns
Secondary source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: American Cast Iron Pipe Company
Location: 1501 31st Avenue North, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35207
NAICS: 331511
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attending a pipe jack station where the edges of pipes are straightened with a mold and die. The employee was lowering and moving in a pipe when the die of the pipe jack hit the pipe, fell off, and hit the employee's left hand. The employee's left ring finger was crushed between the pipe and die, resulting in an amputation to the first knuckle.

Source

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