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Turner Steel Company, Inc.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — WEST BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Turner Steel Company, Inc. in WEST BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS
Employer Turner Steel Company, Inc. Report ID 20191010645
Address 128 North Main Street City, State ZIP WEST BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS 02379
Event Date October 10, 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 Angle irons
Secondary Source Conveyors-roller
Industry (NAICS) 423510 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 42.02000, -71.01000

Incident Narrative

An employee was rolling angles along non-mechanical conveyor rollers to bring material closer to a cutting saw. The employee's left little finger was crushed between a roller and the material, resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip.

Incident Summary

On October 10, 2019, a worker at Turner Steel Company, Inc. in WEST BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with angle irons identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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