Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sellars Absorbent Material
Start: 7/4/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017076132 · 7/4/2017 · Sellars Absorbent Material

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Paper production machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Sellars Absorbent Material
Location: 6540 N. Industrial Road, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53223
NAICS: 322291
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the paper roller with an abrasive pad and caught two fingers on the right hand in a nip point between two rollers resulting in amputation of the fingers.

Source

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