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Rule Steel Tanks, Inc.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — CALDWELL, IDAHO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Rule Steel Tanks, Inc. in CALDWELL, IDAHO
Employer Rule Steel Tanks, Inc. Report ID 2018088498
Address 11299 Bass Ln. City, State ZIP CALDWELL, IDAHO 83605
Event Date August 18, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
Industry (NAICS) 333298 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 43.69000, -116.61000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane to attach a hydraulic rock clevis to a pad eye on a grinder tub when his fingertip was amputated.

Incident Summary

On August 18, 2018, a worker at Rule Steel Tanks, Inc. in CALDWELL, IDAHO suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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