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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025032825 · 3/26/2025 · TrueNorth Steel

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
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
TrueNorth Steel
Location
220 4th Street Northwest, HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57350
NAICS
332999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating industrial equipment to shape galvanized sheet metal and their fingers became caught in the equipment. The employee's right index and middle fingers were completely amputated and half of their right ring finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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