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Master-Halco, Inc.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — OLNEY, ILLINOIS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Master-Halco, Inc. in OLNEY, ILLINOIS
Employer Master-Halco, Inc. Report ID 2024065248
Address 4633 E Radio Tower Ln City, State ZIP OLNEY, ILLINOIS 62450
Event Date June 13, 2024 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Body Part Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Event Type Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing Source of Injury Extruding machinery
Secondary Source "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
Industry (NAICS) 332618 Inspection # 1758206
GPS Coordinates 38.70000, -88.08000

Incident Narrative

An employee was fixing a jam in the wire extruding machine and caught the tip of their finger between the drum and roller on the wire roll up. The employee sustained a right ring fingertip amputation. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Incident Summary

On June 13, 2024, a worker at Master-Halco, Inc. in OLNEY, ILLINOIS suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with extruding machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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