Amputations

Name: Amputations at Custom Plastics, Inc.
Start: 9/22/2016

1 amputation · 2016099007 · 9/22/2016 · Custom Plastics, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Custom Plastics, Inc.
Location: 1940 Lunt Ave., ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was picking plastic parts off a machine. When he attempted to dislodge a part that was caught in the machine, the machine blade amputated his left middle finger and lacerated his left index and ring fingers. The guard was in place at the time.

Source

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