Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., 471 Fox Court, BLOOMINGDALE, ILLINOIS 60108
on — Amputations, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
On Sunday June 7, 2015, at approximately 4:55 p.m., an employee on the production floor was operating a crimper machine, which is a wire connector crimping machine operated by an unguarded foot pedal. The injured employee was hand-feeding wire pieces into the point of operation when she inadvertently pressed a foot pedal with her right-hand index finger, resulting in an amputation. The point of operation was unguarded at the time.
On April 8, 2020, an employee was assembling and feeding copper and cables into a crimper machine. The machine closed on her left index finger, breaking the finger and partially amputating the fingertip.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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