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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016043309 · 4/20/2016 · Ash Pallet Management, Inc.
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 maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- Ash Pallet Management, Inc.
- Location
- 61 McMillen Rd., ANTIOCH, ILLINOIS, 60002
- NAICS
- 321920
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was removing a piece of jammed wood from the chop saw when his right-hand pinky finger was amputated by the blade.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown