Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries

Name: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at ABB/Con-Cise Optical Group LLC
Start: 7/22/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025077139 · 7/22/2025 · ABB/Con-Cise Optical Group LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Wrist(s)
Nature of injury: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Honing, polishing, lapping machinery
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: ABB/Con-Cise Optical Group LLC
Location: 90 Enviro Way, WOOD RIVER, ILLINOIS, 62095
NAICS: 333314
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A lab technician was operating a polishing machine. He went to replace pads within the machine when the camera inside the machine that performs scanning lowered and caught his right wrist against the polishing tank. The employee suffered crush injuries to his wrist that required hospitalization and surgery.

Source

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