Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc, 14 Walter Ct, LAKE IN THE HILLS, ILLINOIS 60156
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting the blade on a horizontal coating machine when the spring popped off. The employee and a coworker tried to fix the machine by holding up the blade and reattaching the spring. The spring then partially amputated the employee's finger in a pinch point.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedPainting, priming, metal coating machinery
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