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Amputations

1 amputation · 2023021454 · 2/15/2023 · OSI Group, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
OSI Group, LLC
Location
1200 Industrial Drive, FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN, 53538
NAICS
311412
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was guiding film into a machine that packs frozen materials in cardboard, then wraps it in film and uses heat to seal the product. The chain that pulls the film into the machine caught the employee's right ring finger amputating it at the nail line.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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