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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2018021929 · 2/26/2018 · Woodward Communications, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Crushing injuries

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Printing machinery and equipment, unspecified

Employer

Name
Woodward Communications, Inc.
Location
11 Means Drive, PLATTEVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53818
NAICS
323111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was placing material on a machine to be cut. When the employee actuated the clamp via the foot pedal, the clamp pinched the employee's left thumb, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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