Amputations

Name: Amputations at Kronos Foods
Start: 10/28/2022

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022109468 · 10/28/2022 · Kronos Foods

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Conveyors-chain

Employer

Name: Kronos Foods
Location: One Kronos Drive, GLENDALE HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60139
NAICS: 311991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a conveyor. While he was checking the tension on its chain, his left index and ring fingers were caught and crushed in the chain and sprocket. The employee suffered a broken left index finger and a ring fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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