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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2025021876 · 2/26/2025 · Termax Corporation

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 during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Machine guards

Employer

Name
Termax Corporation
Location
1155 Rose Rd., LAKE ZURICH, ILLINOIS, 60047
NAICS
339993
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was setting up the dies on a metal forming machine. He was feeding some material through and jogging the machine when his left middle finder got caught in the point of operation and the fingertip was amputated. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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