Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at TK Elevator Corporation
Start: 3/28/2025

1 amputation · 2025032910 · 3/28/2025 · TK Elevator Corporation

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: Entangled in non-running object
Source: Wire, cables nonelectrified
Secondary source: Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating

Employer

Name: TK Elevator Corporation
Location: 3600 Lacey Road Ste 100, DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS, 60515
NAICS: 811490
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in an elevator pit working on the hoisting cables and compensator sheave. He moved the cables back onto the sheave groves. One of the cables spun, twisted out of the grove, grabbed his glove, and pulled his hand into the sheave. The tip of his right thumb was caught under a cable and was amputated approximately at the knuckle just below the nail.

Source

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