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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019044083 · 4/22/2019 · Abbott Laboratories

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
Abbott Laboratories
Location
100 Abbott Park Road, ABBOTT PARK, ILLINOIS, 60064
NAICS
621999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on the motor of a stand up order picker and ran the drive to allow the brushes to break in. The employee was walking around the order picker, tripped and fell, catching his hand in the rotating metal cooling fan and sustaining a fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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