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DESTACO

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — WHEELING, ILLINOIS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at DESTACO in WHEELING, ILLINOIS
Employer DESTACO Report ID 2022065716
Address 1444 South Wolf Road City, State ZIP WHEELING, ILLINOIS 60090
Event Date June 30, 2022 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Conveyors-powered, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 333922 Inspection # 1647347
GPS Coordinates 42.10000, -87.91000

Incident Narrative

An employee was pointing at a conveyor build when the tip of his left index finger was pinched and amputated by a link on the conveyor.

Incident Summary

On June 30, 2022, a worker at DESTACO in WHEELING, ILLINOIS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with conveyors-powered, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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