Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Creative Werks LLC, 1470 Brummel Avenue, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS 60007
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a machine and greasing a drive chain under the tape sealer. The employee's right index finger became caught in the drive sprocket and chain and he sustained an amputation to the finger.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Special process machinery unspecified
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