Amputations

Name: Amputations at Scan-pac
Start: 1/21/2020

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020010662 · 1/21/2020 · Scan-pac

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source: Presses, except printing, unspecified
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Scan-pac
Location: N84 W 13480 Leon Rd, MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN, 53051
NAICS: 333613
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to pull a part out of a press. He went to the end of the press where the belt motor is located and was squeezing the belt when his glove was caught in the pulley. As a result, his right index fingertip was amputated at the nail.

Source

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