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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016064888 · 6/2/2016 · Callen Manufacturing Corporation

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, unspecified
Source
Casting machinery

Employer

Name
Callen Manufacturing Corporation
Location
13 E. Lake St., NORTHLAKE, ILLINOIS, 60164
NAICS
331521
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was changing the shock tip on the plunger of a die-cast machine when the machine retracted and amputated the employee's right thumb between the thumbnail and first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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