Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Nucor Steel Arkansas
Start: 4/11/2024

1 amputation · 2024043204 · 4/11/2024 · Nucor Steel Arkansas

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment unspecified
Source: Forging machinery
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Nucor Steel Arkansas
Location: 7301 East CR 142, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72315
NAICS: 331110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on an outage on a ladle metallurgy furnace when the electrode arm came down and struck their hand, amputating their middle and index fingers.

Source

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