Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation
Start: 11/6/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20241110370 · 11/6/2024 · Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source: Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating

Employer

Name: Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation
Location: 5500 West 73rd Street, BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS, 60638
NAICS: 423510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was brushing something off a metal coil at the recoiler of a slitter machine. His glove was caught and pulled into a coil separator, and the separator disk amputated his right little finger. The machine was unguarded at the time.

Source

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