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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025043608 · 4/17/2025 · Wausau Coated Products, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Other special process machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Cleaning handtools n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Wausau Coated Products, Inc.
Location
7801 Stewart Avenue, WAUSAU, WISCONSIN, 54401
NAICS
326112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing something from the rollers of the coating machine using a rag. The rag and the employee's fingers were pulled into the rollers, resulting in amputation of the middle, ring, and little fingers on their right hand. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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