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Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete, Inc.

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified — Amputations — ALSIP, ILLINOIS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete, Inc. in ALSIP, ILLINOIS
Employer Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete, Inc. Report ID 20181010406
Address 12660 S. Laramie Ave City, State ZIP ALSIP, ILLINOIS 60803
Event Date October 8, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Nonclassifiable
Industry (NAICS) 327320 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.66000, -87.75000

Incident Narrative

A concrete truck driver was washing out the truck's concrete drum when the nozzle of the hose he was using made contact with a hopper. The pad of his right thumb was torn off.

Incident Summary

On October 8, 2018, a worker at Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete, Inc. in ALSIP, ILLINOIS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as contact with objects and equipment, unspecified, with nonclassifiable identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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