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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025010590 · 1/17/2025 · E & H Steel Corporation

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
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Drives, belts, chains

Employer

Name
E & H Steel Corporation
Location
3635 Hwy 134 W, MIDLAND CITY, ALABAMA, 36350
NAICS
332312
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was fixing the sprocket on an infeed rolling bed chain for a CNC machine. He placed a cotter pin on the chain when the machine was activated and his right hand was caught in the infeed bed, resulting in the amputation of three fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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