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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

S.& S. INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at S.& S. INTERNATIONAL, INC., 423 St. Paul, CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS 60188 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

An employee's right-hand index finger was amputated while repairing a 48" metal polisher.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Honing, polishing, lapping machinery

S & S INTERNATIONAL INC.

The employee was verifying a tag on a stainless steel coil. The employee took the coil out and set it on the floor. The crane adjusted weight on the floor and the coil rolled back towards the employee, hitting the employee and fracturing their pelvis.

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An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

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An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

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An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

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An employee was operating a brake press when the top die broke, causing the bottom die to roll out and onto the employee's legs. Both of the employee's legs were crushed below the knee, and both legs were partially amputated. The employee's left leg was also fractured above the knee.

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An employee was performing routine maintenance on a shear machine when the machine's foot pedal was engaged and the blade contacted his right middle finger, resulting in a partial amputation.

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An employee was helping to tighten down a metal packaging band for shipping. The metal band broke and struck the employee across their face, cutting their left face/eye area. The employee was hospitalized.

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An employee was cutting plywood on a table saw. They went to retrieve a piece of wood and the saw blade partially amputated a fingertip.

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An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

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An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

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An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

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An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

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A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.