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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025043335 · 4/10/2025 · Continental Tire The Americas, LLC

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
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Continental Tire The Americas, LLC
Location
11525 N IL Hwy 142, MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS, 62864
NAICS
326211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A mechanic was troubleshooting a curing press when a pneumatic check valve cracked and the machine's post-cure inflation chucks caught the employee's left hand. Four fingers on the hand were amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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