Amputations

Name: Amputations at CONTINENTAL TIRE THE AMERICAS, LLC
Start: 9/1/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017098436 · 9/1/2017 · CONTINENTAL TIRE THE AMERICAS, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: CONTINENTAL TIRE THE AMERICAS, LLC
Location: 11525 N. HIGHWAY 142, MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS, 62864
NAICS: 326211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was repairing a balancer that had a broken pin when the high-tension springs released and the unit fell on his left index finger, amputating the soft tissue on his fingertip.

Source

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