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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020077102 · 7/28/2020 · Peerless of America II Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
Secondary source
Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools

Employer

Name
Peerless of America II Inc
Location
1201 W Wabash Ave, EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS, 62401
NAICS
561310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a polishing cloth to clean aluminum tubes after they were cut by the automatic circular saw. As the employee was moving aluminum tubing down the finishing table air that was blowing from a fan flipped a corner of the polishing cloth that was in his hand under the saw guard. The saw then pulled in the cloth and the employee's right index finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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