Amputations

Name: Amputations at CONTINENTAL TIRE THE AMERICAS, LLC
Start: 1/7/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016010130 · 1/7/2016 · CONTINENTAL TIRE THE AMERICAS, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: CONTINENTAL TIRE THE AMERICAS, LLC
Location: 11525 N. HIGHWAY 142, MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS, 62864
NAICS: 326211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee's pinky finger was amputated below the fingernail while the employee attempted to remove a defective spool on the creel wire machine. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

Source

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