MOUNT STERLING, OHIO·
Stephens Pipe & Steel, LLC
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Stephens Pipe & Steel, LLC, 10732 Schadel Lane, MOUNT STERLING, OHIO 43143 on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was standing on the platform at the galvanizer machine holding onto the metal hand rail and observing the moving shovel/ladle for cleaning the galvanizer. The shovel/ladle struck the middle divider of the holding tank causing the shovel/ladle to move up and down roughly. As a result the employee's hand was struck-by the handle of the shovel/ladle and their fingertip was caught between the metal hand rail and the metal handle and amputated.
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