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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2015052620 · 5/5/2015 · MERCURY PRODUCTS CORP.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Upper arm(s)
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source
Punch presses

Employer

Name
MERCURY PRODUCTS CORP.
Location
1201 S. MERCURY DRIVE, SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS, 60193
NAICS
332116
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was setting up a punch press machine and relocated the feeder from the front to the back. The press was not de-energized at the time. The employee hit the feeder command by accident, and the part charged out of the machine and sliced his left bicep.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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