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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015031079 · 3/9/2015 · Chicago Powdered Metal Products Co.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- Chicago Powdered Metal Products Co.
- Location
- 9700 Waveland Avenue, SCHILLER PARK, ILLINOIS, 60176
- NAICS
- 332117
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee amputated his left-hand ring finger while operating a molding press. The safety guard was bypassed at the time of the accident.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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