Amputations

Name: Amputations at H.G. Weber and Company, Inc.
Start: 6/29/2021

1 amputation · 2021065276 · 6/29/2021 · H.G. Weber and Company, Inc.

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: H.G. Weber and Company, Inc.
Location: 725 Fremont St., KIEL, WISCONSIN, 53042
NAICS: 333993
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On June 28, 2021, at approximately 1:00 PM, an employee was adjusting the timing and speed of the bundler and transport modules on a paper bag manufacturing machine. A stack of 25 paper bags became misaligned as it went onto the transport module. The employee was adjusting the stack when his right thumb was caught in the point of operation between the bundler and transport modules resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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