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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015107726 · 10/16/2015 · Swanson Wiper Corporation
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Fingertip(s)
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Machinery, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Swanson Wiper Corporation
- Location
- 645 Leeward Court West, OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, 54901
- NAICS
- 333243
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
The employee was trying to clear a paper jam in the machine and caught his finger in the chain and sprocket resulting in a fingertip amputation.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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