Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Termax Corporation, 1155 Rose Rd., LAKE ZURICH, ILLINOIS 60047
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was setting up the dies on a metal forming machine. He was feeding some material through and jogging the machine when his left middle finder got caught in the point of operation and the fingertip was amputated. The machine was not guarded at the time.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery unspecified
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