Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-04-12 | Alloy | West Virgini | WVA Manufacturing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was replacing the carbon set on a furnace. His fingers were caught in the carbon/head intersection of the furnace, causing the partial amputation of his right ring finger and an injury to the right middle finger. | |||||
2018-08-10 | Alloy | West Virgini | WVA MANUFACTURING, LLC | Hand(s) | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
On 08/10/18, at approximately 2:00 AM, a maintenance employee was performing repairs to an oxygen line that was part of a plant's oxygen air system. The employee repaired the hose, tightened the clamp on the hose, and instructed another employee to turn the oxygen back on. When the oxygen was turned back on, the hose exploded in the maintenance employee's hands. The employee was hospitalized with burns to both hands. |