Amputations

Name: Amputations at Welter Forest Products, Inc.
Start: 7/25/2018

1 amputation · 2018077568 · 7/25/2018 · Welter Forest Products, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Welter Forest Products, Inc.
Location: 19717 State Highway 80, RICHLAND CENTER, WISCONSIN, 53581
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to unjam a piece of ash edging that was stuck between the belt and frame of an edging machine when the machine pulled employee's hand back into the frame, resulting in three finger amputations.

Source

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