Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at SIMPSON STRONG-TIE COMPANY, INC.
Start: 2/17/2025

1 amputation · 2025021563 · 2/17/2025 · SIMPSON STRONG-TIE COMPANY, INC.

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: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Stamping machinery, presses except printing
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: SIMPSON STRONG-TIE COMPANY, INC.
Location: 2600 INTERNATIONAL STREET, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43228
NAICS: 332312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee was working on the south side of a press while another employee was on the north side of the press, operating the die cart to insert a new die into the press. The injured employee noticed a couple of scrap metal parts in the die and went to grab the scrap pieces. The die caught the injured employee's right thumb tip against a hole in the press, causing a partial amputation.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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