NORTHPORT, ALABAMA—
Hanna Steel Corporation
Stepped or knelt on object · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Hanna Steel Corporation, 1701 Boone Boulevard, NORTHPORT, ALABAMA 35476 on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was handling scrap metal at a machine when they stepped on a piece of scrap metal and it punctured their right foot. The employee sustained a laceration to the foot.
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NORTHPORT, ALABAMA—
Hanna Steel Corporation
An employee was placing a board on top of a bundle of steel tubing. A crane was moving a bundle of steel that struck the employee and caught them against another bundle of steel tubing. The employee sustained a crushing injury and hematoma to the right upper leg.
NORTHPORT, ALABAMA—
Hanna Steel Corporation
An employee was helping a crane operator rig a chain around two bundles of steel tubing. The hoist was raised, and the employee's thumb was caught between the chain and a steel tube. The employee suffered a broken thumb and damage to the thumbnail.
NORTHPORT, ALABAMA—
Hanna Steel Corporation
An employee was cutting 6-inch round stock (steel) in a horizontal scissor-style band saw. A 16-inch long cut piece was being manually repositioned for lifting when it shifted. The piece caught the employee's left middle and ring fingertips against the frame of the band saw. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated. They also sustained a crushing injury to their ring finger and loss of a fingernail.
NORTHPORT, ALABAMA—
Hanna Steel Corporation
An employee was using an overhead crane to align a tooling rack. The employee's hand slipped and the tooling rack shifted, pinching his right fifth finger. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
NORTHPORT, ALABAMA—
Hanna Steel Corporation
An employee was preparing two steel strip ends to weld together. While he was shearing the end of a coil off, his right middle fingertip was amputated, and his right ring fingertip was severely lacerated, by a side clamp plate and a steel strip edge.
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