Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1406583.015 - Sheet Metal Werks, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Chicago North Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1406583.015

Report ID: 0524200

Date Opened: 06/07/2019

Site Address:
Sheet Metal Werks, Inc.
455 E. Algonquin Road
Arlington Heights, IL 60005

Mailing Address:
455 E. Algonquin Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60005

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 332322/Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/27/2019

Emphasis: L:Piv

Case Closed: 07/19/2019

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1462756	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 116937.015

Event: 06/06/2019

Employee suffers amputation from forklift attachment

At 6:56 a.m. on June 6, 2019, an employee was driving a forklift with a hopper attachment loaded with sheet metal scrap to a dumpster. When the employee exited the forklift and pulled the handle to tip the hopper attachment into the dumpster he rested his left hand in the area near the right fork of the forklift. As the hopper tipped, the attachment shifted and pinched the employee's left ring finger between the fork and the attachment, amputating the left ring finger above second knuckle. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Dumpster, Finger, Forklift, Hopper, Pinched, Sheet Metal

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1406583.015	58	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Equipment Operator: Heavy

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