Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at UNILOCK CHICAGO, INC., 301 E. SULLIVAN RD., AURORA, ILLINOIS 60505
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was retrieving a pallet from a customer and cutting off the shrink wrap. The employee reached to push the shrink wrap into a dumpster when the forks on the powered industrial vehicle tilted and crushed his fourth and fifth fingers. The employee sustained an amputation of the fourth and fifth fingers.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
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