Standfast Group

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Standfast Group in CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS
Employer Standfast Group Report ID 20181111421
Address 710 Kimberly Drive City, State ZIP CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS 60188
Event Date November 6, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 322211 Inspection # 1387785
GPS Coordinates 41.92000, -88.11000

Incident Narrative

On November 6, 2018, at 1:30 p.m., an employee incurred an amputation of the tip of his left thumb when his hand was caught between two print-down sections on a flexo-gluer-folder machine as he was closing the sections.

Incident Summary

On November 6, 2018, a worker at Standfast Group in CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with special process machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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