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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2025054503 · 5/13/2025 · Rockford Ball Screw Company

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 n.e.c.
Source
Stationary saws band
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Rockford Ball Screw Company
Location
940 Southrock Dr., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61102
NAICS
332710
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was pulling flanges after they were cut and pushed forward by an automated horizontal bandsaw. The employee slipped and his left index fingertip was caught by the horizontal bandsaw as it came down, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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