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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024010152 · 1/8/2024 · Hanna Steel Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Shearing machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Hanna Steel Corporation
Location
1701 Boone Boulevard, NORTHPORT, ALABAMA, 35476
NAICS
331210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was preparing two steel strip ends to weld together. While he was shearing the end of a coil off, his right middle fingertip was amputated, and his right ring fingertip was severely lacerated, by a side clamp plate and a steel strip edge.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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