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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017010143 · 1/6/2017 · K. HOVING RECYCLING & DISPOSAL, INC.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- Secondary source
- Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Employer
- Name
- K. HOVING RECYCLING & DISPOSAL, INC.
- Location
- 1655 Powis Road, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60185
- NAICS
- 325998
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was performing maintenance on a scrap conveyor when his glove was caught and his finger was partially amputated.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown