Amputations

Name: Amputations at Colony Brands, Inc.
Start: 4/14/2021

1 amputation · 2021043106 · 4/14/2021 · Colony Brands, 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 regular operation
Source: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Colony Brands, Inc.
Location: 1401 9th Ave, MONROE, WISCONSIN, 53566
NAICS: 454113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was taping boxes with a manual taper. The employee reached into the taping mechanism to pull a piece of tape off the machine. The taping mechanism cycled, causing the tape blade to lacerate and partially amputate the tip of the employee's right index finger and fingernail.

Source

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