Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sunstar Americas, Inc.
Start: 5/19/2020

1 amputation · 2020054631 · 5/19/2020 · Sunstar Americas, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: Sunstar Americas, Inc.
Location: 301 East Central Road, SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS, 60194
NAICS: 339994
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to open the sealer bar on a piece of bagging equipment, which had closed in the down position due to low air pressure. The sealer bar closed on the employee's right index finger, causing a partial fingertip amputation (halfway down the nail, with no bone loss).

Source

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