Amputations

Name: Amputations at Central Wire, Inc.
Start: 1/26/2016

1 amputation · 2016010752 · 1/26/2016 · Central Wire, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Central Wire, Inc.
Location: 6509 Olson Road, UNION, ILLINOIS, 60180
NAICS: 331492
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing set up on a wire drawing machine when his hand was pinched between the wire and the block on the machine. His left-hand ring finger was partially amputated and his middle finger was fractured.

Source

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