Amputations

Name: Amputations at Forest County Potawatomi Community
Start: 7/21/2017

1 amputation · 2017076825 · 7/21/2017 · Forest County Potawatomi Community

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified

Employer

Name: Forest County Potawatomi Community
Location: 1721 West Canal Street, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53233
NAICS: 721120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was greasing a rooftop HVAC machine when his left pinky fingertip was caught and amputated between the machine's belt and pulley. The HVAC was running at the time of the incident.

Source

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