Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Continental Tire The Americas, LLC, 11525 N IL Hwy 142, MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS 62864
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
A mechanic was troubleshooting a curing press when a pneumatic check valve cracked and the machine's post-cure inflation chucks caught the employee's left hand. Four fingers on the hand were amputated.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery n.e.c.
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