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Amputations

1 amputation · 20201211808 · 12/17/2020 · Avlon Industries, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Avlon Industries, Inc.
Location
1999 N. 15th Ave., MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS, 60160
NAICS
325620
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a kettle. A chain holding the kettle fell into the kettle, along with a nut that had held the chain in place. The employee was trying to retrieve the nut when his finger was caught in a pump hole. The pump amputated his fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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