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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019055242 · 5/23/2019 · Plexus 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
Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Plexus Corporation
Location
N700 County Road CB, APPLETON, WISCONSIN, 54914
NAICS
333415
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet transfer lift when she reached under the lift to check the alignment of the lifting tabs and the lifting tabs engaged the underside of the unit, catching her left index finger between the lifting tab and the bottom of the unit. She suffered a fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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