Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Asteroid Precision, Inc.
Start: 6/17/2024

1 amputation · 2024065342 · 6/17/2024 · Asteroid Precision, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thumb(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
Secondary source: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells

Employer

Name: Asteroid Precision, Inc.
Location: 2190 South Wolf Road, DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, 60018
NAICS: 332721
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning coolant tank magnets used to separate metal grinding mud from the coolant tanks. As the employee went to separate two magnets they snapped back together and crushed his right thumb, resulting in amputation of the top of the thumb.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown