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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016087645 · 8/15/2016 · Meade Electric

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
Meade Electric
Location
155 W. 84th Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60618
NAICS
238210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was setting up a plastic pipe on the fusing machine when the ring finger on his left hand was caught and amputated between the mechanism of the fusing machine and the plastic gas pipe.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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