Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Alro Steel Corporation, 3000 North 114th Street, WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN 53222
on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was cutting the banding on a bundle of 5 3/4" steel on dual hoists and a basket hitch on each end using a manual banding cutter and crushed the tip of his pinky finger between two pieces of steel, resulting in the amputation of his fingertip. He was wearing cut level 4 gloves and sleeves, hardhat, safety glasses + side shield, and steel-toed metatarsal boots.
AmputationFingertip(s)Structural metal materials, unspecified