EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS·2019-02-28

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 2019-02-28, Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

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Final narrative

An employee was replacing a conveyor roll on a three-coil miller. As the employee aligned a shaft and bearing, the roll (being supported by an overhead crane) moved upward, pinching the employee's finger and amputating the fingertip.

Hospitalized Amputation Fingertip(s) Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container

More severe injuries at Global Brass and Copper LLC

Aug 25, 2016 EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS · Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

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