Amputations

Name: Amputations at TRACHTE BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
Start: 7/27/2016

1 amputation · 2016076850 · 7/27/2016 · TRACHTE BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.

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 regular operation
Source: Brake presses

Employer

Name: TRACHTE BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
Location: 314 WILBURN ROAD, SUN PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN, 53590
NAICS: 332311
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was fabricating parts in a press brake. The employee bent a part and the part fell back. When the employee reached for the part, the press was activated via the foot pedal and pinched the employee's middle finger, amputating the fingertip.

Source

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