Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at The Masterson Company, Inc.
Start: 4/14/2024

1 amputation · 2024043244 · 4/14/2024 · The Masterson Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: The Masterson Company, Inc.
Location: 4023 West National Avenue, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53215
NAICS: 311999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working at a packaging machine when film that was traveling through the machine got jammed. The employee knelt on the floor and attempted to pull the film from the machine when the seal bars cycled shut and contacted his right index finger, resulting a fingertip amputation.

Source

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