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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024075932 · 7/2/2024 · Prairie State Impressions, L.L.C.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source
Industrial printing machinery
Secondary source
Reels, rolls, spools, coils

Employer

Name
Prairie State Impressions, L.L.C.
Location
11100 Addison Ave, FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS, 60131
NAICS
323111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing a roll of media from a printing press machine with the provided hoist when the roll shaft became jammed. The employee was manually unjamming it when the shaft released and pinched his right little finger into the cradle that holds the bearing for the shaft. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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