Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1500957.015 - Siouxland Fabricating Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Iowa 0751910

Inspection Nr: 1500957.015

Report ID: 0751910

Date Opened: 11/04/2020

Site Address:
Siouxland Fabricating Inc.
3114 Eagle Ave Po Box 152
Rock Valley, IA 51247

Mailing Address:
Po Box 152, Rock Valley, IA 51247

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: 11/04/2020

Emphasis: N:Amputate, S:Amputate

Case Closed: 12/14/2020

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1680738	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 131042.015

Event: 10/31/2020

Employee amputates thumb tip when pinched by pry bar and met

At 5:28 a.m. on October 31, 2020, an employee working as a machine operator for a structural metal fabricator was using a wonder bar to lift a scrap metal "Skeleton". The employee was attempting to insert chain rigging when the wonder bar slipped pinching the employee's right thumb under the "Skeleton". The employee amputated his thumb tip and received medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Chain, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Hand Tool, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Lost Control, Machine operator, Material Handling, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pry Bar, Rigging, Shear, Sheared, Slip, Slippery Surface, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1500957.015	49	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Misc. metal & plastic processing machine operators

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