Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Schleuniger, Inc.
Start: 4/25/2025

1 amputation · 2025043886 · 4/25/2025 · Schleuniger, Inc.

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: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Machine guards

Employer

Name: Schleuniger, Inc.
Location: 1100 Corporate Grove Drive, BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS, 60089
NAICS: 334419
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was repairing a benchtop wire processing machine that is used to make wire harnesses for commercial applications. A guard had been removed in order to access the components. The employee was testing the "trigger" sensor of the machine and adjusting the blades when the machine actuated and a blade amputated part of his left index fingertip.

Source

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