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Crushing injuries
1 hospitalization · 2022021674 · 2/22/2022 · Caterpillar Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Crushing injuries
Cause
- Event
- Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- Source
- Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Location
- 8826 W US HWY 24, MAPLETON, ILLINOIS, 61547
- NAICS
- 331511
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was working at a core machine. The top plate of the machine fell onto the employee's left-hand fingers, crushing them.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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