Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Blain's Farm & Fleet - Loves Park, Illinois
Start: 8/6/2024

1 amputation · 2024087152 · 8/6/2024 · Blain's Farm & Fleet - Loves Park, Illinois

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: Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c.
Source: Lawn mower walk behind
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Blain's Farm & Fleet - Loves Park, Illinois
Location: 7300 East Riverside Boulevard, LOVES PARK, ILLINOIS, 61111
NAICS: 444210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting the low/high speed screws on the carburetor of a push mower when the mower shifted backward and the employee's right-hand fingertips came in contact with the moving mower blades. The employee sustained a laceration to a fingertip and two fingertip amputations.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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