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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022054694 · 5/31/2022 · CCS Contractor Equipment & Supply, LLC

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 during regular operation
Source
Bending, crimping machines

Employer

Name
CCS Contractor Equipment & Supply, LLC
Location
840 S. 25th Avenue, BELLWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60104
NAICS
238320
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a machine used to bend rebar. The employee was holding a piece of rebar when their fingers were caught between the rebar and the machine's backstop guide resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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