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Amputations

1 amputation · 20181111278 · 11/1/2018 · Western Container Corporation

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 during regular operation
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Western Container Corporation
Location
1100 Inman Pkwy, BELOIT, WISCONSIN, 53511
NAICS
322219
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was gathering paper tube scrap. While he was grabbing a piece of the tubing from a drop table, the table caught his left middle finger as it opened, causing a (non-bone) fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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