Amputations

Name: Amputations at Industrial Plastic Recycling
Start: 8/21/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018088621 · 8/21/2018 · Industrial Plastic Recycling

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Industrial Plastic Recycling
Location: 525 W. 169th Place, SOUTH HOLLAND, ILLINOIS, 60473
NAICS: 424610
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on a shredding machine when his right hand was pulled into the conveyor belt, causing an amputation of his right pinky finger. He also suffered lacerations to his right ring finger, middle finger, and thumb.

Source

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