EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS·2016-08-25

Global Brass and Copper LLC

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Global Brass and Copper LLC, 305 Lewis and Clark Blvd, EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS 62024 on 2016-08-25, Amputations, affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).

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Final narrative

An employee's foot was caught in a pinch point between the shell of the melting furnace and the casting floor mezzanine while attempting to unlatch a hook related to the safety bin chute. Three toes on the employee's left foot were amputated.

Amputation Toes(s), toenail(s) Nonclassifiable

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Feb 28, 2019 EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS · Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

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