Fractures

Name: Fractures at Wise Plastics Technology
Start: 11/11/2022

1 hospitalization · 20221110048 · 11/11/2022 · Wise Plastics Technology

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Grinders, abraders
Secondary source: Switchboards, switches, fuses

Employer

Name: Wise Plastics Technology
Location: 1601 W. Hawthorne Lane, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60185
NAICS: 326113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving a portable grinder machine for cleaning when his right little finger became caught between the wheeled grinder and the electrical panel on the wall, resulting in an open fracture that required surgery.

Source

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