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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021109406 · 10/7/2021 · Altamont Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Machine and appliance parts, unspecified

Employer

Name
Altamont Company
Location
901 N Church Street, THOMASBORO, ILLINOIS, 61878
NAICS
321999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Two employees were rotating a machine component (a heavy, steel machine part roughly in the shape of a rectangular bar) so it could be reinstalled. As they used a die cart lift to move the part from blocks to the machine table surface, the part continued to turn quickly; a protruding bolt caught the tip of one employee's left index finger against the steel work surface. About 4-5 millimeters of the finger were amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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