Amputations

Name: Amputations at Vapor Bus International
Start: 9/15/2021

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021097949 · 9/15/2021 · Vapor Bus International

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source: Lathes, unspecified

Employer

Name: Vapor Bus International
Location: 1010 Johnson Drive, BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS, 60089
NAICS: 332321
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee's right thumb got caught in the moving chain and sprocket of a lathe resulting in amputation of the thumb tip. The drive chain assembly was not locked out at the time.

Source

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