Amputations

Name: Amputations at Wm. W. Meyer & Sons, Inc.
Start: 10/15/2019

1 amputation · 20191010780 · 10/15/2019 · Wm. W. Meyer & Sons, Inc.

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, n.e.c.
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Wm. W. Meyer & Sons, Inc.
Location: 1700 Franklin Blvd., LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, 60048
NAICS: 332911
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was testing the RPM of a chain drive on an airlock valve assembly when the employee's right middle fingertip was caught in the chain drive, resulting in a fingertip amputation to the middle of the fingernail.

Source

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