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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2025021507 · 2/15/2025 · TANGENT TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Injured by object held or wielded by person
Source
Other hammers, mallets
Secondary source
Co-worker, supervisor current

Employer

Name
TANGENT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Location
1001 Sullivan Rd., AURORA, ILLINOIS, 60506
NAICS
326121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The injured employee was holding plastic lumber material so that another employee could strike the lumber to push it back into the machine. The injured employee was struck by the plastic lumber hammer, resulting in lacerations and a partial fingertip amputation of their left index finger through the phalanx.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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