Compass Wire Cloth and Industrial Supply Corp.

Note to user: This record contains two separate events that were reported simultaneously to OSHA by the employer. These events are captured as one report. 1) An employee was smoothing a screen under a heat bar as it descended. The bar came down on his hands and trapped them. He was able to free his left hand, but had to rip his right hand from his glove, amputating his middle fingertip and exposing the bone. 2) An employee was hitting a spike with a hammer. The employee was holding the spike with his left hand while holding the hammer in his right. He hit his left little finger with the hammer and crushed his fingertip.