OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221410442
ILLINOIS PREMIUM EXTRACTS LLC
DU QUOIN, IL·
Event description
Employee amputates finger in rotating fan blades
Investigation abstract
At 6:02 a.m. on October 19, 2021, an employee was cleaning the dust collector of a milling process. He reached into the bottom chute of the dust collector to remove spent material when his finger contacted the motor's rotating fan blades. The employee amputated his right middle finger and was hospitalized to treat the injury.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Event type
- 2
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