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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20201110674 · 11/11/2020 · Wahl Clipper Corporation
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- 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 during maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Wahl Clipper Corporation
- Location
- 2900 N. LOCUST STREET, STERLING, ILLINOIS, 61081
- NAICS
- 335210
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was unjamming a blade machine and suffered a finger amputation when it was caught between the pulley and chute.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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