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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2023032723 · 3/27/2023 · Battery Builders , LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Battery Builders , LLC
Location
31 W 238 91ST ST., NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS, 60567
NAICS
335911
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was performing routine maintenance and cleaning on a dirty water evaporator. The employee went to unclog the pipe and manually opened the fill valve. The pneumatic fill valve then closed on their right index finger, crushing it.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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