DALLAS, TEXAS—
Kloeckner Metals Inc
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Kloeckner Metals Inc, 4606 Singleton Blvd. , DALLAS, TEXAS 75212 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was loading a truck with a 10-ton overhead crane when his left ring finger was pinched between the bundle of steel and the truck, resulting in amputation of the left ring finger.
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