OSHA Injury Report: Precision Strip, Inc. Minster

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Operator did not have his edge guide set correct when threading up a coil and when it went into the head he did not have...

What happened

[REDACTED] was threading material into the slitter line when the operator side edge guide was not set correctly. This left no side trim requiring him to back material into the shear. When the scrap was cut the wide trim became stuck in the chute. [REDACTED] opened the gate and tried to pull it by hand. The scrap fell and pinched his left index finger against the platform resulting in a cut that required five stitches. He used his hands instead of a no touch tool. Maintenance welded a plate on the drive side to prevent scrap from catching again. The root cause was scrap getting stuck and being pulled by hand. Corrective actions include sharing the incident welding plates to stop sticking reinforcing the use of no touch tools retraining on proper threading and checking other Minster slitters for similar conditions.

Injury or illness

Laceration req Medical Treatment index finger

Object or substance involved

entry shear ramp

Summary line

Description of Incident [REDACTED] was attempting to clear scrap from the entry shear scrap chute. The scrap was caught on the drive side of the line. When freeing the sample it pinched his finger between the platform and chute. This blew the side of his

Employee and industry

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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.