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Amputations
1 amputation · 2023054574 · 5/23/2023 · United Steel, Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Fingertip(s)
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- Source
- Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- United Steel, Inc.
- Location
- 164 School Street, EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06108
- NAICS
- 238190
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was using a knife to cut a hose on welding equipment to investigate a leak. The knife amputated one of his fingertips without bone loss.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown