Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Chicagoland Home Products, 2451 American Lane, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS 60007
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was operating an edge bander. The moving saw blade partially amputated the employee's little finger.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 423220)
An employee was unloading a stock truck when an 8-foot butcher block countertop fell onto their fingers, resulting in amputations to their left middle and ring fingertips.
An employee was backing a front-end loader out a doorway. The loader passed over a dip in the floor from the floor drain, and the employee was jarred into its door. The employee suffered a spinal cord compression causing pain in their neck and back, along with numbness in the legs.
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.