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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017087618 · 8/9/2017 · Klement's Sausage Co., 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
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
Klement's Sausage Co., Inc.
Location
207 E. Lincoln Ave., MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53207
NAICS
311612
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing a plastic wrap jam from a packaging machine when the guillotine blade came down and amputated the employee's left index fingertip. The machine was not guarded or locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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