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Nelsen Steel and Wire Company, Incorporated

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Nelsen Steel and Wire Company, Incorporated in FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS
Employer Nelsen Steel and Wire Company, Incorporated Report ID 2021032479
Address 9400 W. Belmont Ave. City, State ZIP FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS 60131
Event Date March 23, 2021 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Bundles, bales
Industry (NAICS) 331221 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.93000, -87.86000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane to load a bundle of hexagonal bars onto the conveyor belt of a die bench machine. When the employee unstrapped the bundle, a hexagonal bar moved and crushed the tip of his left thumb against another bar resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On March 23, 2021, a worker at Nelsen Steel and Wire Company, Incorporated in FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with bundles, bales identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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