St. Joseph, MO —
OSHA Injury Report: BlueScope Buildings N.A.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at BlueScope Buildings N.A. in St. Joseph, MO 64504 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was shear Operator in buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- BlueScope Buildings N.A.
- Parent company
- BlueScope Steel
- Street
- 2250 Lower Lake Road
- City
- St. Joseph
- State
- MO
- ZIP
- 64504
- On-site location
- 10' Shear
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 35
Before the incident
Shearing a [REDACTED] 1 [REDACTED] x 44 7 16 steel plate.
What happened
The employee was manually adjusting the position of the material on the shear bed. During this adjustment phase the employee 's left index finger was momentarily positioned underneath the steel plate. The employee then accidentally depressed the foot pedal controlling the shear cycle. The pedal actuation immediately engaged the machine 's hold-downs which descended onto the steel plate. The downward pressure exerted by the hold-downs crushed the steel plate against the tip of the employee 's left index finger resulting in the soft tissue amputation.
Injury or illness
Soft Tissue Amputation of left index finger.
Object or substance involved
1 4 steel plate
Summary line
Soft tissue amputation to right index finger. Employees finger pinched under 1 4 steel plate when hold downs pushed down on plate.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Shear Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9032 — Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 332311 — Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 245
- Total hours worked
- 465284
- Establishment ID
- 380180
- Employer case #
- 2505
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 7:10
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 24FEB26:13:35:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.