105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI—

US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations

Final narrative

At about 10:20 a.m. on August 28, 2019, a St. Louis Service Base employee was using an industrial shear to cut 6-inch by 6-inch strips of 3/8-inch-thick steel for an ongoing fabrication project. While placing the metal sheet into the shear, the employee closed the clamping apparatus. The apparatus closed on the employee's right ring finger, pinching it under the metal sheet and amputating the last quarter-inch, with exposed nerve endings and bone damage. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Shearing machines

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