Amputations

Name: Amputations at QPS Employment Group, Inc.
Start: 1/9/2018

1 amputation · 2018010246 · 1/9/2018 · QPS Employment Group, 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, n.e.c.
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: QPS Employment Group, Inc.
Location: Generac, WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN, 53190
NAICS: 561320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A temporary employee was attempting to reach wires behind a conveyor when she tripped the conveyor's automatic start. The conveyor then pulled her glove into the conveyor and amputated her left middle finger.

Source

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