Amputations

Name: Amputations at Bway Corporation
Start: 4/18/2017

1 amputation · 2017043477 · 4/18/2017 · Bway Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: Bway Corporation
Location: 3200 S. Kilbourn Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60623
NAICS: 332999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On April 18, 2017, an employee was attempting to remove finished product from a magnetic wheel at the end of the conveyor when the employee's glove was caught in an unguarded moving chain and sprocket resulting in a thumb tip amputation.

Source

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