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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015118475 · 11/10/2015 · City Brewing Company, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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
Product labeling machinery

Employer

Name
City Brewing Company, LLC
Location
925 South 3rd Street, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, 54601
NAICS
312120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Two employees were working on a labeler. The first employee was cleaning the fingers of the labeler, while the second was working on a sensor. When the second employee finished his work on the sensor, he closed a door on the machine, causing a rack to move forward and catch the first employee's left-hand middle finger. The first employee suffered an avulsion that required surgical amputation of the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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