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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022109316 · 10/24/2022 · Best Diamond Plastics, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
Best Diamond Plastics, LLC
Location
1401 E. 98th St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60628
NAICS
326199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on a straw wrapper machine. The employee was removing straws from the machine's hopper when the straw transfer belts caught the employee's left middle finger. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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