Amputations

Name: Amputations at General Cable
Start: 10/15/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20191010758 · 10/15/2019 · General Cable

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: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
Secondary source: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones

Employer

Name: General Cable
Location: 1453 S Washington St, DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS, 62832
NAICS: 335921
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving reels in a machine. The employee unloaded a full reel from the machine and was rotating an empty reel to be loaded. The employee's left hand was caught between the full reel and the empty one, causing the amputation of the index, middle, and ring fingertips.

Source

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