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Amputations
1 amputation · 2023076880 · 7/30/2023 · Novolex LLC
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- 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 during maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Presses-printing
- Secondary source
- Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
Employer
- Name
- Novolex LLC
- Location
- 1700 S Canal St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60616
- NAICS
- 322220
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was using a rag to clean rollers on a press when their right thumb was caught in the rollers, resulting in a partial amputation.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown