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The Timken Steel Corporation

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — CANTON, OHIO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at The Timken Steel Corporation in CANTON, OHIO
Employer The Timken Steel Corporation Report ID 2015085861
Address 1927 HARRISON AVE. City, State ZIP CANTON, OHIO 44706
Event Date August 17, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Cranes, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 331111 Inspection # 1087356
GPS Coordinates 40.77000, -81.39000

Incident Narrative

An employee was lowering a crane wheel using a crane when his finger got caught between the crane wheel and the steel rope. His right ring fingertip was amputated.

Incident Summary

On August 17, 2015, a worker at The Timken Steel Corporation in CANTON, OHIO suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with cranes, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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