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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023043689 · 4/25/2023 · Tenneco Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, unspecified

Employer

Name
Tenneco Inc.
Location
401 Industrial Ave, WAUPUN, WISCONSIN, 53963
NAICS
811118
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was responding to a work order relating to a machine that was not cooling when the lid of the machine lowered onto the employee's thumb. They sustained a left thumb fracture and partial amputation that required hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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