Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1430904.015 - Valley Joist, L.L.C.

Inspection Information - Office: Birmingham Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1430904.015

Report ID: 0418300

Date Opened: 09/12/2019

Site Address:
Valley Joist, L.L.C.
3019 Gault Avenue North
Fort Payne, AL 35967

Mailing Address:
3019 Gault Avenue North, Fort Payne, AL 35967

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 332312/Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/12/2019

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 02/27/2020

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1496355	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 119844.015

Event: 09/06/2019

Employee amputates fingertip when pinched between joist memb

At 1:30 p.m. on September 6, 2019, and employee was reaching for a steel joist which was moving on a free rolling manual conveyor. When the joist rolled up to the employee's work station, he grabbed the joist's end rod member. The grip that was holding the end rod member and top chord member together came off causing the end rod to fall. When it fell, the employee's pinky finger was pinched between the end rod and the top chord. The employee amputated his fingertip and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Conveyor, Finger, Fingertip, Joist, Material Handling, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Roller Conveyor, Steel

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1430904.015	22	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters

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