Amputations

Name: Amputations at Timewell Drainage Products
Start: 11/13/2019

1 amputation · 20191111822 · 11/13/2019 · Timewell Drainage Products

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Extruding machinery

Employer

Name: Timewell Drainage Products
Location: 201 West Plymouth Street, JEFFERSON, WISCONSIN, 53549
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While running a plastic extrusion line, an employee saw a piece of plastic that was stuck, shut off the machine, and attempted to remove the plastic. The employee was contacted by moving parts, resulting in a thumb amputation.

Source

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