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Alliance Steel Corporation

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Alliance Steel Corporation in BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS
Employer Alliance Steel Corporation Report ID 2019021311
Address 6499 W. 65th St. City, State ZIP BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS 60638
Event Date February 5, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Scrap metal
Secondary Source Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 332312 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.77000, -87.78000

Incident Narrative

An employee was pushing steel scrap with one hand into a container when a finger was pinched between a piece of scrap metal and the edge of a metal bar railing amputating the fingertip. The employee was wearing gloves at the time.

Incident Summary

On February 5, 2019, a worker at Alliance Steel Corporation in BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with scrap metal identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 4,985 severe injury reports involving "Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment" incidents in our database. Browse all Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment injuries.

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