DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS·
Vertex Fasteners
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Vertex Fasteners, 1798 Sherwin Ave., DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS 60018 on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was setting a coil of steel on an arbor of a steel slitting machine. As he was picking up something on the floor, an opening of the arbor caught his right ring finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.
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