Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Creative Werks LLC
Start: 11/5/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20241110318 · 11/5/2024 · Creative Werks LLC

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: Drives, belts, chains

Employer

Name: Creative Werks LLC
Location: 1470 Brummel Avenue, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
NAICS: 561910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a machine and greasing a drive chain under the tape sealer. The employee's right index finger became caught in the drive sprocket and chain and he sustained an amputation to the finger.

Source

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