Amputations

Name: Amputations at U.S. Packaging, LLC
Start: 12/9/2021

1 amputation · 20211210592 · 12/9/2021 · U.S. Packaging, LLC

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: Machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools

Employer

Name: U.S. Packaging, LLC
Location: 2735 E. Main Street, EAST TROY, WISCONSIN, 53120
NAICS: 561910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was cleaning the filler of a machine with a rag after residue built up when the rag was pulled into the machine and the employee's right index finger contacted a rotating part, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident.

Source

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