Owen Steel Company, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — WILMINGTON, DELAWARE

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Owen Steel Company, Inc. in WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
Employer Owen Steel Company, Inc. Report ID 2016021118
Address 813 S. Market Street City, State ZIP WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19801
Event Date February 5, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Punch presses
Industry (NAICS) 332312 Inspection # 1125329
GPS Coordinates 39.72000, -75.55000

Incident Narrative

On 02/05/2015 at approximately 1:00 p.m., an employee was operating a plate punch ironworker machine. A piece of steel jammed, and he tried to dislodge or unjam it from the machine. The tip of his left index finger was pinched by the machine resulting in the loss of the fingertip and some of the finger nail.

Incident Summary

On February 5, 2016, a worker at Owen Steel Company, Inc. in WILMINGTON, DELAWARE suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with punch presses identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

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