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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2025054536 · 5/14/2025 · Dart Container Corporation

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
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Dart Container Corporation
Location
7575 S. Kostner Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60652
NAICS
326140
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On May 14, 2025, an employee was manually adjusting a plastic sheet entering the thermoforming oven when their right hand was pulled into the pin chain and idler wheel. The employee sustained the amputation of their middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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