Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Olympic Steel Inc, 1 Eastern Steel Road, MILFORD, CONNECTICUT 06460
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working in the recoiler area of the slitter when their right hand was caught between the steel and the recoiler overarm as it descended into the running position. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was loading sheet metal coil into a metal stamping machine. He was trying to adjust jammed metal that was being fed through the machine's straightener, picking it up with his left hand to help thread it into the die, when the pressure on the metal released. This caused it to shoot forward a few inches, and the employee's left index finger was pinned between the corner of the material and the edge guide. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip.
An employee was removing a bolt from a separator shaft on a slitter. The overarm came up and the bolt from the separator shaft struck the employee's left index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
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