Amputations

Name: Amputations at Willman Industries, Inc.
Start: 11/22/2022

1 amputation · 20221110270 · 11/22/2022 · Willman Industries, 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: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Overhead hoists, unspecified
Secondary source: Dies, molds, patterns

Employer

Name: Willman Industries, Inc.
Location: 338 South Main Street, CEDAR GROVE, WISCONSIN, 53013
NAICS: 331511
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an overhead hoist to lift a core. Their thumb became caught between the core hook and the hoist hook during a lift, resulting in an amputation of the thumb at the first knuckle.

Source

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