Amputations

Name: Amputations at PREFERRED MACHINE & TOOL PRODUCTS CORP
Start: 8/27/2016

1 amputation · 2016088203 · 8/27/2016 · PREFERRED MACHINE & TOOL PRODUCTS CORP

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Beams-unattached metal

Employer

Name: PREFERRED MACHINE & TOOL PRODUCTS CORP
Location: 7337 S. MASON AVE., BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS, 60638
NAICS: 332710
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A employee's left ring finger was amputated when the employee and another employee were moving a wheeled cart with two I beams on it. The cart ran over a bump, the I beams shifted, and the employee's left ring finger was crushed between the two beams.

Source

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