Ford Motor Company - Chicago Stamping Plant

Injured by object pushed or pulled by person — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Ford Motor Company - Chicago Stamping Plant in CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
Employer Ford Motor Company - Chicago Stamping Plant Report ID 2025054389
Address 1000 E Lincoln Hwy City, State ZIP CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS 60411
Event Date May 9, 2025 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Body Part Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Event Type Injured by object pushed or pulled by person Source of Injury Panels, sheets, plates metal
Secondary Source Workers engaging in team lift
Industry (NAICS) 336211 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 41.50000, -87.60000

Incident Narrative

Two employees were sliding a 200-pound steel mounting plate off a worktable onto the forks of a forklift. They slid the plate until it was half on the table and half on the forklift, and were making an adjustment to get the plate fully on the forklift when the plate pinched one employee's left ring finger. He suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.

Incident Summary

On May 9, 2025, a worker at Ford Motor Company - Chicago Stamping Plant in CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as injured by object pushed or pulled by person, with panels, sheets, plates metal identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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