Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ArcelorMittal, LLC, 215 South Front Street, STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA 17113
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using an overhead chain lift to lift a 29-foot-long flat bar weighing 2900 lbs. when the hook holding the chain bent, allowing the flat bar to slip and amputate the employee's left middle and ring fingertips.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
An employee was raising a pendant crane when the hook became caught on a spacer block and knocked the other blocks over. The blocks rolled to the floor and onto the employee's feet, fracturing both.
On August 16, 2017, at 5:30 p.m., an employee was attempting to disconnect a crane magnet when an arc flash occurred. He was shocked, receiving a 4-inch burn on his right forearm, a burn in the middle of the right side of his back, and a burn on the top of his right foot. He was hospitalized.
On September 21, 2016, at approximately 7:30 a.m., an employee and two coworkers were conducting routine checks on the plating line when a piece of debris was noted riding on top of the running strip line/plating solution. The employee attempted to remove the debris from the running strip line with a 12-inch spud wrench when his right hand was pulled into the rotating plating rolls, amputating his index finger, breaking his ring finger, and causing an abrasion to his hand.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 331111)
An employee used a crane to set down a bar. The bar measured 9 inches by 16 feet. The strap got stuck under the bar, and the employee asked another employee to jog the roll. The bar rolled and pinched the injured employee's left hand, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was loading a steel forming machine with steel to be processed. He went to move a cooling hose out of the way and his left thumb was crushed by the forming roller, resulting in injuries that required surgical amputation.
An employee was advancing a rail to line up for welding with a secondary rail on the weld line when his right middle and ring fingers were caught between the rails. The employee sustained an amputation to the top knuckle of the middle finger and a fracture to the ring finger. The machine was guarded at the time.
An employee was preparing bundles of 24-foot square metal tubing to be loaded onto a truck and cut the safety band for a bundle. While the employee was removing a piece of dunnage from a bundle, they bumped the bundle with their leg. The metal tubing then fell forward and struck the employee, causing a fractured left ankle.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.