Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gerdau Ameristeel US, Inc., Sand Springs Rail Products, SAND SPRINGS, OKLAHOMA 74063
on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was using a bench grinder to grind a bevel on a tail piece used in a spike machine. The tail piece got caught and was pulled down to the part rest, causing the employee's right thumb to be pulled into the grinding disc pad. The thumb tip was amputated.
AmputationFingertip(s)Grinders, abraders
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