Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Blaschko Enterprises , 625 Detloff, ARCADIA, WISCONSIN 54612
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
On July 14, 2016, at approximately 9:45 a.m., a cutter operator placed paper in a skid to be cut. When the skid moved, the employee's left pinky finger became caught between the cutter and the lift. The employee's left pinky finger was surgically amputated the following day.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Paper production machinery, unspecified
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