Termax Corporation
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — LAKE ZURICH, ILLINOIS
| Employer | Termax Corporation | Report ID | 2025021876 |
| Address | 1155 Rose Rd. | City, State ZIP | LAKE ZURICH, ILLINOIS 60047 |
| Event Date | February 26, 2025 | 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, injecting, forming, molding machinery unspecified |
| Secondary Source | Machine guards | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 339993 | Inspection # | 1807894 |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.20000, -88.06000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was setting up the dies on a metal forming machine. He was feeding some material through and jogging the machine when his left middle finder got caught in the point of operation and the fingertip was amputated. The machine was not guarded at the time.
Incident Summary
On February 26, 2025, a worker at Termax Corporation in LAKE ZURICH, 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, injecting, forming, molding machinery unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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