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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024054053 · 5/8/2024 · WB Manufacturing, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Banding, baling, strapping machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
WB Manufacturing, LLC
Location
507 East Grant Street, THORP, WISCONSIN, 54771
NAICS
337127
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On May 8, 2024, at approximately 10:50 PM, an employee was using a compressed air gun to clean the single-sided edge banding machine and unjam it when the blade amputated her left middle fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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