Amputations

Name: Amputations at MBA Building Supplies, Inc.
Start: 7/13/2022

1 amputation · 2022076103 · 7/13/2022 · MBA Building Supplies, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: MBA Building Supplies, Inc.
Location: 2200 Tempel Dr., LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, 60048
NAICS: 332114
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were setting up and adjusting the tab position on a coil strip machine. The machine's press was actuated while one of them had his left hand in the press area. It crushed his index and ring fingers and amputated the tip of his middle finger.

Source

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