Amputations

Name: Amputations at Quad/Graphics, Inc.
Start: 3/28/2016

1 amputation · 2016032584 · 3/28/2016 · Quad/Graphics, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Office, banking, and retail machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Quad/Graphics, Inc.
Location: N11896 Hwy 175, LOMIRA, WISCONSIN, 53048
NAICS: 323110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a pocket feeder and was manually lifting a section of the machine when it shifted, pinching and partially amputating his right pinky finger between two sections.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown