Amputations

Name: Amputations at Advanced Fiber Products, Inc.
Start: 10/19/2021

1 amputation · 2021108987 · 10/19/2021 · Advanced Fiber Products, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Advanced Fiber Products, Inc.
Location: 2970 Luoyang Avenue, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, 54601
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was servicing a puller pack for a product line in a pultrusion area. The puller pack's hydraulic clamping cylinder clamped down on the employee's right hand. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the index finger. The puller pack was energized at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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