Amputations

Name: Amputations at ITU Absorbtech, Inc.
Start: 10/31/2017

1 amputation · 20171010484 · 10/31/2017 · ITU Absorbtech, 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 during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Clothes washers

Employer

Name: ITU Absorbtech, Inc.
Location: 945 Apple Blossom Drive, NEENAH, WISCONSIN, 54956
NAICS: 812332
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 10/31/2017, an employee was installing a new belt on an industrial washer. The employee had energized the industrial washer to adjust the belt's tightness and alignment when his right hand was caught in the ingoing nip point of the belt and pulley, injuring his hand and amputating four fingers.

Source

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