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Charter Steel Company

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — SAUKVILLE, WISCONSIN

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Charter Steel Company in SAUKVILLE, WISCONSIN
Employer Charter Steel Company Report ID 2021043248
Address 1658 Cold Springs Road City, State ZIP SAUKVILLE, WISCONSIN 53080
Event Date April 19, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
Industry (NAICS) 331111 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 43.39000, -87.95000

Incident Narrative

An employee was placing elbow spacers between 4-inch by 4-inch, 40-foot-long billets. The tips of the employee's left pinky and ring fingers were crushed between an elbow and a billet, causing fingertip amputations.

Incident Summary

On April 19, 2021, a worker at Charter Steel Company in SAUKVILLE, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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