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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015129510 · 12/15/2015 · PEERLESS OF AMERICA

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
PEERLESS OF AMERICA
Location
1201 W WABASH AVENUE, EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS, 62401
NAICS
331316
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On 12/15/15 at approximately 1:00 PM, an employee operating Rounder Machine #150 was in the process of feeding a 2" x 1/2" piece of copper stock material and inadvertently actuated the mechanism resulting in a partial amputation to the right index finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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