Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at New Wincup Holdings, Inc., 1425 W. Hawthorne Lane, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60185
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was operating an extruder when their little fingers were caught in the rotating rollers of the machine. The employee sustained amputations to both of their little fingers.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Extruding machinery
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