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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015085854 · 8/17/2015 · Bar Processing Corp.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Bar Processing Corp.
Location
1601 Wentworth Ave., CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60411
NAICS
331210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was making adjustments to a vise on a cold saw machine when the vise clamped down on the employee's left hand, fracturing two fingers and partially amputating the index finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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