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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

The Crown Group Co.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at The Crown Group Co., 3015 5th Avenue, EAST MOLINE, ILLINOIS 61244 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

At 6:00 a.m. on December 20, 2019, an employee was positioning a hoist to move a rack of tooling to a wash bay. As the employee operated the hoist to remove the slack from the chain, the eyehole of the hook pinched and smashed the employee's left index finger due to the weight of the rack being lifted. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Overhead hoists, unspecified

The Crown Group Co.

An employee was running an electrical wire and ethernet cable across a large dip tank when the tank cover collapsed and the employee fell into the tank, which was full of alkaline cleaner. The employee received chemical burns across the entire body.

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