Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gerdau Ameristeel, 1301 Jones Rd, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS 72450
on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was operating a rail spike machine and noticed that a steel bar was not feeding properly into the pinch wheel. The employee used his hand to manipulate the bar to feed properly and caught his right middle finger in a pinch point resulting in a fingertip amputation.
AmputationFingertip(s)Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.