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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021031935 · 3/3/2021 · Commercial Plastics Company
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 maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Commercial Plastics Company
- Location
- 800 Allanson Road, MUNDELEIN, ILLINOIS, 60060
- NAICS
- 325211
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cleaning a compression machine when their left index finger was caught in a pinch point, resulting in a partial amputation.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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