Amputations

Name: Amputations at Tufco LP
Start: 1/6/2022

1 amputation · 2022010137 · 1/6/2022 · Tufco LP

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 regular operation
Source: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Tufco LP
Location: 3161 S Ridge Road, GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, 54313
NAICS: 322291
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was filling a cylinder on a robot packaging machine. A spinning metal part of the machine pinched the employee's left ring finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip. The machine was unguarded at the time.

Source

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