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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018012055 · 1/23/2018 · National Packaging Services

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
Secondary source
Paper production machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
National Packaging Services
Location
3326 East Layton Ave., CUDAHY, WISCONSIN, 53110
NAICS
322121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was loading a roll of paper into a machine and the employee's finger was crushed between the mast of a mobile hand truck and a plastic chuck on the machine resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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