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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2023043473 · 4/18/2023 · EME 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 running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
EME LLC
Location
875 Corporate Woods Parkway, VERNON HILLS, ILLINOIS, 60061
NAICS
311991
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working in the packaging room and noticed there was plastic film going through the forming area that was folded incorrectly. The employee went to correct the plastic film when his right index finger was crushed in the machine.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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