Fives Landis Corp.- Cutting Tools - Abrasives (Gardner Abrasives)
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS
| Employer | Fives Landis Corp.- Cutting Tools - Abrasives (Gardner Abrasives) | Report ID | 2023010932 |
| Address | 481 Gardner Street | City, State ZIP | SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS 61080 |
| Event Date | January 30, 2023 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified |
| Event Type | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Source of Injury | Presses, except printing, unspecified |
| Industry (NAICS) | 333519 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.49000, -89.03000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was using a press, a spacer, and a lift. The press and the spacer were being used together but were not permanently affixed to each other. At the end of the order, the employee clamped the spacer and the press together with a C-clamp and tried to remove them from the operation by flipping the press over. His fingers were pinched in the gap between the press and the spacer next to the C-clamp.
Incident Summary
On January 30, 2023, a worker at Fives Landis Corp.- Cutting Tools - Abrasives (Gardner Abrasives) in SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with presses, except printing, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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