Amputations

Name: Amputations at UFP Ventures II, Inc
Start: 11/8/2018

1 amputation · 20181111532 · 11/8/2018 · UFP Ventures II, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: UFP Ventures II, Inc
Location: 1801 E. Lessard Street, PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, WISCONSIN, 53821
NAICS: 321920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a piece of material from an airlock when the blades amputated the tip and fingernail of his right middle finger. The airlock had been locked out, but then reenergized, before the incident.

Source

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