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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2025032332 · 3/11/2025 · Borg Warner Transmission Products LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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
Conveyors belt, slot, chain
Secondary source
Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating

Employer

Name
Borg Warner Transmission Products LLC
Location
700 25th Ave., BELLWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60104
NAICS
336350
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was running a steel blanking press. After hearing a rattling noise in a conveyor belt that handled scrap coming out of the press, the employee went to clear a jam on the belt. The belt caught the employee's glove, and the employee's index and middle fingers were amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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