Amputations

Name: Amputations at FRAMARX/WAXSTAR
Start: 4/15/2020

1 amputation · 2020043444 · 4/15/2020 · FRAMARX/WAXSTAR

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, unspecified
Source: Slitters, winders-paper production

Employer

Name: FRAMARX/WAXSTAR
Location: 3224 BUTLER AVENUE, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60411
NAICS: 322221
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was dislodging a paper core that had fallen into a slitter rewinder machine. The employee's right index finger was caught by a belt driven pulley and sustained an amputation.

Source

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