Amputations

Name: Amputations at CCS Contractor Equipment & Supply, Inc.
Start: 1/13/2021

1 amputation · 2021010322 · 1/13/2021 · CCS Contractor Equipment & Supply, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Welding machinery

Employer

Name: CCS Contractor Equipment & Supply, Inc.
Location: 840 S. 25th Avenue, BELLWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60104
NAICS: 238320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

As an employee placed a piece of metal into a spot welding machine, the machine's foot pedal was pressed while the employee's hand was still in the machine, crushing the employee's right pinky finger and resulting in an amputation down to the first knuckle.

Source

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