Ellwood Quality Steels Company
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA
| Employer | Ellwood Quality Steels Company | Report ID | 2020010066 |
| Address | 700 Moravia Street | City, State ZIP | NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA 16101 |
| Event Date | January 3, 2020 | Outcome | Amputation |
| 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 | Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 331110 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.99000, -80.35000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee had finished cutting a round metal ingot with a saw. The employee went to move the scrap piece and it fell/sank down into a bed of mechanical rollers. The mechanical rollers are normally used to remove the scrap piece out of the way so the piece can be lifted by a crane. The employee then attempted to manually move the scrap piece by pulling it off of the mechanical rolls. The piece was too heavy and rolled backwards towards the ingot. The employee's left middle finger became trapped/pinched between the ingot and scrap piece, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
Incident Summary
On January 3, 2020, a worker at Ellwood Quality Steels Company in NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA 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 amputation.
Context
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