Amputations

Name: Amputations at Mexichem Specialty Resins, Inc.
Start: 7/18/2015

1 amputation · 2015074806 · 7/18/2015 · Mexichem Specialty Resins, Inc.

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Mexichem Specialty Resins, Inc.
Location: 1546 Country Road 1450 North, HENRY, ILLINOIS, 61537
NAICS: 325211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning out the grinder for a spray dryer when a finger got caught in a pinch point between the fan blade and the opening to the fan blade housing. The employee sustained a left ring finger amputation.

Source

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