Amputations

Name: Amputations at Mandel Metals, Inc.
Start: 2/26/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015020809 · 2/26/2015 · Mandel Metals, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Mandel Metals, Inc.
Location: 11400 Addison Ave., FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS, 60016
NAICS: 423510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had his fingertip amputated while using a rag to de-bur a piece of material coming out of a machine on the slitting line. The machine caught the rag and pulled it with the employee's finger.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown