Amputations

Name: Amputations at Topy Precision Mfg., Inc.
Start: 4/6/2017

1 amputation · 2017043124 · 4/6/2017 · Topy Precision Mfg., 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 running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Grinders, abraders

Employer

Name: Topy Precision Mfg., Inc.
Location: 1375 Lunt Ave., ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
NAICS: 332722
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a build-up of metal shavings on the carrier plate of the double disc grinder when her right middle finger was caught and amputated between a hole in the carrier plate and the rotating disc.

Source

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