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MID-SOUTH WIRE COMPANY

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — SCOTT CITY, MISSOURI

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at MID-SOUTH WIRE COMPANY in SCOTT CITY, MISSOURI
Employer MID-SOUTH WIRE COMPANY Report ID 2019032866
Address 503 Main Street City, State ZIP SCOTT CITY, MISSOURI 63780
Event Date March 19, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Cranes, unspecified
Secondary Source Containers, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 331222 Inspection # 1387536
GPS Coordinates 37.21000, -89.53000

Incident Narrative

An employee had just lowered a partially filled carrier of wire onto a machine turntable and was disengaging the crane hook from the carrier. The hook raised, and the employee's left middle fingertip was amputated between it and the carrier.

Incident Summary

On March 19, 2019, a worker at MID-SOUTH WIRE COMPANY in SCOTT CITY, MISSOURI suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with cranes, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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