APPLETON, WISCONSIN—
Luvata Appleton LLC
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Luvata Appleton LLC, 908 Lawe Street, APPLETON, WISCONSIN 54911 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was helping a millwright install the bottom block of the wire-pulling device on a wire-drawing machine. The employee was holding onto the 400-600 pound block, trying to straighten it so it would continue traveling down its shaft. The block unjammed and traveled 4-5 inches, injuring the employee's left middle finger in the nail area. The injury resulted in an amputation above the first knuckle.
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An employee was stringing and setting up a wire drawing machine when his glove was caught between a wire and a block, resulting in an amputation to his left middle finger, just above the first knuckle.
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LUVATA APPLETON LLC
An employee was changing spools on a wire drawing machine when his right thumb was caught between the lift structure and a spacer block, amputating the thumb tip (no bone loss).
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