Amputations

Name: Amputations at Continental Tire The Americas, LLC
Start: 4/4/2022

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022042962 · 4/4/2022 · Continental Tire The Americas, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Continental Tire The Americas, LLC
Location: 11525 NORTH IL HWY 142, MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS, 62864
NAICS: 326211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lifting a chain off a sprocket on a tire balancer. The chain slipped while his left index finger was between it and the sprocket, causing an amputation to the fingertip.

Source

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