Amputations

Name: Amputations at Downes Swimming Pool Co., Inc.
Start: 7/26/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019077638 · 7/26/2019 · Downes Swimming Pool Co., Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Downes Swimming Pool Co., Inc.
Location: 725 W. University Drive, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60004
NAICS: 238990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was repairing an automatic pool cover machine when his left middle finger was caught in the moving parts, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation.

Source

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