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Service Recycling

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — JOPLIN, MISSOURI

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Service Recycling in JOPLIN, MISSOURI
Employer Service Recycling Report ID 2017043863
Address 1015 Illinois Avenue City, State ZIP JOPLIN, MISSOURI 64801
Event Date April 27, 2017 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Beams-unattached metal
Industry (NAICS) 325612 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 37.07000, -94.50000

Incident Narrative

An employee was loading steel beams when two of his fingers were smashed and amputated between two beams.

Incident Summary

On April 27, 2017, a worker at Service Recycling in JOPLIN, MISSOURI suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. 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 amputation.

Context

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