Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CHICAGO BLOWER CORP., 1675 GLEN ELLYN RD., GLENDALE HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS 60139
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
On November 15, 2019, an employee was attempting to fix the water hose on a vertical band saw machine when two fingertips contacted the running saw blade and were amputated.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee was at the brake press when the press was activated, causing the ram to move. Two fingertips on his right hand were crushed between the dies and partially amputated.
An employee was loading a piece of round aluminum into a CNC auto-spinning machine. Their left thumb was crushed between the tail block, the aluminum part, and the mandrel. The distal tip of the thumb was amputated.
An employee was seated at a press brake and was putting strips of steel (2-inches by 2-feet) into a brake press machine. The machine actuated and his right ring finger was crushed between the upper die and the steel material. The finger was amputated through the base of the nailbed.
An employee was using a manual spinning machine to cut out the center of an inlet. The cutter bar struck his neck and jaw, breaking the jaw and injuring an artery in his neck.
An employee was climbing a fence in pursuit of two people who had been trying to break into a facility. He fell from the fence, suffered a broken left leg, and was hospitalized.
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.
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.