Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DO & CO Chicago Catering, Inc., 2150 Frontage Road, DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS 60018
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
On April 2, 2025, an employee was reassembling a food-sealing machine when the machine activated and a metal plate pinched their right thumb tip, amputating it. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
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