KIELER, WISCONSIN—
Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. LTD
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. LTD, 3681 Prism Lane, KIELER, WISCONSIN 53812 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On July 22, 2020, at approximately 2:00 AM, an employee was preparing to wash down equipment. When he opened the door of the equipment, his left thumb was pinched against the power panel attached to the opposite wall, causing an injury that required surgical amputation of the distal portion of the thumb.
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