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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017065652 · 6/20/2017 · Performance Pallet Corp.

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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
Performance Pallet Corp.
Location
112 N Mainline Drive, SEYMOUR, WISCONSIN, 54165
NAICS
321920
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance work on a wood packaging line to fix a portion of plastic that was stuck when his left middle finger was pinched between the machine basket and a metal bar frame, amputating it above the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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