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Amputations

1 amputation · 20181010516 · 10/11/2018 · Westgate Products LTD

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Westgate Products LTD
Location
50 W Fernau Ave, OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, 54901
NAICS
326112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on a PNC forming machine when the employee made contact with the grinding wheel on the machine, resulting in amputations to the right index fingertip and thumb tip. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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