Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Johnsonville Sausage LLC
Start: 4/17/2025

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025043610 · 4/17/2025 · Johnsonville Sausage LLC

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: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary source: Machine guards

Employer

Name: Johnsonville Sausage LLC
Location: W4315 County Road JM, SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WISCONSIN, 53085
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a packaging machine when a plastic ribbon on the packaging film broke. The employee went to retrieve the broken ribbon when the machine cycled and contacted their right hand, resulting in amputation of the third and fourth fingers on the right hand. The machine was guarded at the time.

Source

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