Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Wisconsin Plastic Products, Inc.
Start: 8/8/2024

1 amputation · 2024087288 · 8/8/2024 · Wisconsin Plastic Products, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thumb(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Stationary sawing machinery stationary n.e.c.
Secondary source: "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems

Employer

Name: Wisconsin Plastic Products, Inc.
Location: 1045 Lindoerfer Rd, PLYMOUTH, WISCONSIN, 53073
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a panel saw to cut cardboard for shipping containers when the blade became jammed on the cardboard. The employee was unjamming the saw when the blade contacted her left hand and she sustained a partial amputation to her thumb and two of her fingers were lacerated. The saw was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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