Amputations

Name: Amputations at Quaker Manufacturing, LLC
Start: 5/13/2015

1 amputation · 2015052841 · 5/13/2015 · Quaker Manufacturing, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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 machinery

Employer

Name: Quaker Manufacturing, LLC
Location: 1703 EAST VOORHEES STREET, DANVILLE, ILLINOIS, 61832
NAICS: 311999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee changing a "barrel" on an extruder machine received a crushing injury to his right index finger. Part of the finger was surgically removed due to the extent of the injury.

Source

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