Amputations

Name: Amputations at ORCHID MONROE, LLC
Start: 6/2/2016

1 amputation · 2016064886 · 6/2/2016 · ORCHID MONROE, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Presses, except printing, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: ORCHID MONROE, LLC
Location: 350 21ST STREET, MONROE, WISCONSIN, 53566
NAICS: 332116
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At 11:20 a.m., on June 2, 2016, an employee was attempting to adjust the air flow of the stamping press when his right little finger was caught in the press bumper that is used to stop the die from bottoming out. His finger was surgically amputated at the first joint.

Source

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