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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018077588 · 7/26/2018 · Metro Recycling
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- Source
- Parts and materials, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Metro Recycling
- Location
- 13546 S. Western Ave., BLUE ISLAND, ILLINOIS, 60406
- NAICS
- 423930
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was moving material in a cart when a part closed on the employee's finger, resulting in an amputation to a finger on the left hand.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown