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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023021327 · 2/10/2023 · The Advance Equipment Manufacturing Company

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, n.e.c.
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
The Advance Equipment Manufacturing Company
Location
4615 West Chicago Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60651
NAICS
332216
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was setting up a frame and tool handle in an injection molding machine when the machine pressed parts together. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the frame and handle of the tool being manufactured, and the top of the finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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