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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20171211534 · 12/5/2017 · Miller Waste Mills Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Picking, carding, combing machinery

Employer

Name
Miller Waste Mills Inc
Location
1016 School Street, TWO RIVERS, WISCONSIN, 54241
NAICS
313110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was standing on a motor while cleaning a carding machine. The employee was using a manually turned wheel to traverse the vacuum nozzle across the moving cylinder when his left arm was caught in the machine. He was hospitalized and his left arm was partially amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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