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Greenwood, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — DANVILLE, ILLINOIS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Greenwood, Inc. in DANVILLE, ILLINOIS
Employer Greenwood, Inc. Report ID 2022010522
Address 3901 N. Vermilion St. City, State ZIP DANVILLE, ILLINOIS 61832
Event Date January 19, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 326199 Inspection # 1573932
GPS Coordinates 40.19000, -87.62000

Incident Narrative

On January 19, 2022, an employee was cleaning melted plastic particles off a pull roller in an extruder when his left hand was caught between two rollers resulting in amputation of four fingers (all but the index finger) on the left hand.

Incident Summary

On January 19, 2022, a worker at Greenwood, Inc. in DANVILLE, ILLINOIS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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