Amputations

Name: Amputations at Pacon
Start: 1/31/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020011037 · 1/31/2020 · Pacon

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Conveyors-chain

Employer

Name: Pacon
Location: 2525 N. Casaloma Dr., APPLETON, WISCONSIN, 54913
NAICS: 322299
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a machine conveyor. He was physically checking the rotation of the sprocket and chain when his finger became caught in the chain and sprocket, resulting in a right index fingertip amputation.

Source

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