Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Metals USA, 3000 Shermer Rd., NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS 60062
on — Amputations, affecting the foot (feet), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cutting rolls of metal on a machine. The employee was on the stairs checking on the rollers when his right leg became caught in the roller and amputated at the ankle.
HospitalizedAmputationFoot (feet), n.e.c.Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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