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Amputations
1 amputation · 2022054379 · 5/19/2022 · Tufts Grinding Inc.
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
- Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
Employer
- Name
- Tufts Grinding Inc.
- Location
- 79 East 34th Street, SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60411
- NAICS
- 332323
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cutting a steel band from a bundle of steel bars. A bar pinched and amputated his right middle fingertip.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown