Amputations

Name: Amputations at Quad/Graphics, Inc.
Start: 8/24/2017

1 amputation · 2017088150 · 8/24/2017 · Quad/Graphics, Inc.

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 running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source: Stacking machinery

Employer

Name: Quad/Graphics, Inc.
Location: N11896 Hwy 175, LOMIRA, WISCONSIN, 53048
NAICS: 323110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working at a stacker machine, building a log that was held up by a log sword, when the log sword fell behind the stacker. As he was attempting to retrieve the log sword, the log dropped, crushing his hand under the sword plate and amputating his thumb.

Source

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