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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017076844 · 7/22/2017 · Quad Graphics, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Presses-printing

Employer

Name
Quad Graphics, Inc.
Location
555 S. 108th Street, WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN, 53214
NAICS
323119
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a jam on a press machine when his right index fingertip was caught and amputated between the machine's stacker assembly and the back of the ram.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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