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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019032667 · 3/13/2019 · Metrostaff Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Metrostaff Incorporated
Location
Colony Display, ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60124
NAICS
561320
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On March 13, 2019, at approximately 6:45 p.m., a temporary employee was setting up a new job on the sheet metal cutting machine when his fingers contacted the blade, resulting in a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of the left ring finger. The machine was guarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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