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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016098684 · 9/13/2016 · MIDWEST CANVAS CORPORATION
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Hand(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Extruding machinery
- Secondary source
- Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Employer
- Name
- MIDWEST CANVAS CORPORATION
- Location
- 4646 W. Lake Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60644
- NAICS
- 326113
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was adjusting the extruder machine when the roller caught his glove and hand. The machine was in operation at the time.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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