Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at White Cap Supply LP
Start: 3/19/2025

1 amputation · 2025032628 · 3/19/2025 · White Cap Supply LP

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: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Shearing machinery
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: White Cap Supply LP
Location: 2309 Advance Rd, MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53718
NAICS: 444190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working with a machine operator to cut 12-inch lengths of epoxy-coated rebar using a shear line machine when the machine plate crushed his right ring and little fingers, resulting in amputations of the fingers.

Source

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