Gary, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: T&B Tube Company
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at T&B Tube Company in Gary, IN 46403 resulted in days away from work. Employee was shipping Material Handler in tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- T&B Tube Company
- Parent company
- T&B Tube Company
- Street
- 4000 E. 7th Ave
- City
- Gary
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46403
- On-site location
- Bay 0 Shipping Isle
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 19
Before the incident
[REDACTED] was loading a truck with finished material using an overhead crane.
What happened
[REDACTED] was in the process of loading a truck with the overhead crane. He placed material on the bed of the truck then started to walk around the side of the load to remove the straps. [REDACTED] was still lowering the spreader bar while he was moving to the side of the load. When he placed his hand on top of the load to steady his while walking the bar came down on his hand.
Injury or illness
Partial amputation of left pinky finger
Object or substance involved
Spreader bar or weight distribution bar used with overhead cranes.
Summary line
[REDACTED] smashed his left pinky finger with a spreader bar on the overhead crane resulting in a partial amputation.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Shipping Material Handler
- SOC code
- 43-5071 — Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
- NAICS code
- 331210 — Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 103
- Total hours worked
- 207453
- EIN
- 363183974
- Establishment ID
- 981149
- Employer case #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 4:30:00.000
- Time of incident
- 6:10:00.000
- Submitted
- 17JAN24:22:00:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.