OSHA Injury Report: Ellwood Specialty Metals Company

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Setting up the Big Saw - checking the squareness of the workpiece to the blade with a square

What happened

While two employees were getting a block set up to be cut on the Big Saw a communication error resulted in one of the employee 's fingers being closed in the saw vice while he was attempting to square the block. The employee was taken to UPMC Jameson where he received stitches in one of his fingers and was treated for a hairline fracture in another finger.

Injury or illness

Fracture Laceration to Right Hand

Object or substance involved

The saw vice closing and pinching the employee 's right ring and middle fingers against the workpiece resulting in a right ring finger laceration and a right middle finger fracture.

Summary line

Fracture Laceration to Right Hand caused by The saw vice closing and pinching the employee 's right ring and middle fingers against the workpiece resulting in a right ring finger laceration and a right middle finger fracture.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.