Amputations

Name: Amputations at Metal-Era, Inc.
Start: 3/20/2017

1 amputation · 2017032546 · 3/20/2017 · Metal-Era, 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: Metal-Era, Inc.
Location: 1600 Airport Rd, WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN, 53188
NAICS: 332322
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a press break to bend sheet metal and amputated the middle two fingertips on the right hand when they were pinched between the upper and lower dies.

Source

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