Amputations

Name: Amputations at The Scoular Company
Start: 2/13/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018021484 · 2/13/2018 · The Scoular Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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 regular operation
Source: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: The Scoular Company
Location: 28451 S. Route 45, PEOTONE, ILLINOIS, 60468
NAICS: 424510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a bucket elevator/leg machine and opened a metal cover located at the bottom of the machine. The employee was attempting to remove grain from inside the running machine and amputated the left middle finger and lacerated the ring finger.

Source

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