Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c. · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TMS International, 2911 East Nucor Road, NORFOLK, NEBRASKA 68701
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using a service boom truck to assist in removing a bell crank on the front of a heavy duty pay loader. The employee attempted to unhook the cylinder from the bell crank with the boom truck when the lifting sling holding the cylinder moved, causing the employee's gloved fingers to be pinched between the bell crank and cylinder eye. The employee's middle and ring fingers were amputated at the first knuckle.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Rollers, cylinders
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