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Gulf Machine Shop, Inc

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Gulf Machine Shop, Inc in LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA
Employer Gulf Machine Shop, Inc Report ID 2021054132
Address 5337 E. Broad Street City, State ZIP LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA 70615
Event Date May 20, 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 plates, metal panels
Secondary Source Metal plates, metal panels
Industry (NAICS) 332999 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 30.22000, -93.13000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning up a yard. Some debris fell into his boot. He sat down on some stacked steel plates to remove it; a plate rocked, and as he tried to brace himself his left ring fingertip was amputated between two of the plates.

Incident Summary

On May 20, 2021, a worker at Gulf Machine Shop, Inc in LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with metal plates, metal panels identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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