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Steel and Pipe Supply

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — LONGVIEW, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Steel and Pipe Supply in LONGVIEW, TEXAS
Employer Steel and Pipe Supply Report ID 2017010214
Address 4750 West Marshall Ave City, State ZIP LONGVIEW, TEXAS 75604
Event Date January 9, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Beams-unattached metal
Industry (NAICS) 332996 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 32.50000, -94.80000

Incident Narrative

An employee was unloading a truck when the employee's left middle fingertip was pinched and amputated between two steel beams.

Incident Summary

On January 9, 2017, a worker at Steel and Pipe Supply in LONGVIEW, TEXAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with beams-unattached metal identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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