Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at High Plains Steel Services, LLC
Start: 6/5/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024064968 · 6/5/2024 · High Plains Steel Services, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Stamping machinery, presses except printing
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: High Plains Steel Services, LLC
Location: 2055 Howard Smith Avenue East, WINDSOR, COLORADO, 80550
NAICS: 238120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lining up metal in a punch press when his left hand became caught in the point of operation. The employee sustained an amputation of the middle finger and an amputation to the first knuckle of the index finger.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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