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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024076574 · 7/19/2024 · US Packaging, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Bottling, canning, filling machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
US Packaging, LLC
Location
401 East Morrissey Drive, ELKHORN, WISCONSIN, 53121
NAICS
561910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning around a pouching machine when their right index finger was caught in the seal bar and amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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