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Amputations
1 amputation · 2019021669 · 2/14/2019 · Best Diamond Plastics
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Fingertip(s)
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- Best Diamond Plastics
- Location
- 1401 E. 98th St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60628
- NAICS
- 326199
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was operating a machine that makes straws and amputated the right middle fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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