Amputations

Name: Amputations at Northwestern Memorial Health Care
Start: 7/21/2017

1 amputation · 2017076798 · 7/21/2017 · Northwestern Memorial Health Care

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation

Employer

Name: Northwestern Memorial Health Care
Location: 660 N. Westmoreland Rd., LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS, 60045
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing a belt on a return air ventilation fan when the employee's small left finger was caught in the in-running nip of the belt and pulley, amputating the fingertip.

Source

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