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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017032341 · 3/14/2017 · Palermo Villa, Inc.

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source
Formers-paper production
Secondary source
Textiles, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Palermo Villa, Inc.
Location
3301 West Canal Street, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53208
NAICS
311412
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on the line 2 case erector, a machine that forms corrugated into a box. The employee was looking to see if a bearing was running smoothly in the machine and had a shop rag in his right hand. The rag got caught in the moving chain and sprocket assembly, pulling his right index finger into the assembly. The finger was severely lacerated and contorted such that it was amputated at the hospital.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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