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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024021149 · 2/6/2024 · John Crane, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Special process machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
John Crane, Inc.
Location
29 Burndett Drive, CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS, 60012
NAICS
339991
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a powder dispenser machine used to fill carbon tubes. The machine was not dispensing powder; the employee was investigating a possible blockage in the hopper when a rotating part in the machine caught his left hand. He suffered partial amputations to two fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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