Ellwood City Forge Company
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — ELLWOOD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA
| Employer | Ellwood City Forge Company | Report ID | 2022043144 |
| Address | 800 Commerical Ave | City, State ZIP | ELLWOOD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA 16117 |
| Event Date | April 9, 2022 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Fingertip(s) |
| Event Type | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Source of Injury | Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells |
| Secondary Source | Nonclassifiable | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 331110 | Inspection # | 1589372 |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.86000, -80.28000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was positioning a lifting magnet (weighing approximately 500 lbs.) onto a piece of steel to move the steel to another location. The magnet slipped off the steel and the magnet's safety bar caught the employee's fingers against the steel amputating his left middle fingertip and crushing the left ring finger.
Incident Summary
On April 9, 2022, a worker at Ellwood City Forge Company in ELLWOOD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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