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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018099459 · 9/13/2018 · Central Lift Maintenance Group

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
Central Lift Maintenance Group
Location
7000 W. 71st Street, BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS, 60638
NAICS
811310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was securing a trunnion to a gantry crane with bolts. A bolt slipped while he was tightening it, and his fingers were crushed between the wheel assembly and the blade of a forklift. The tip of his left index finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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