JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN—
IPMF LLC
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at IPMF LLC, 100 Innovation Dr, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN 53546 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee had been loading frozen blocks of salmon chum into a meat grinder. A block jammed in the top infeed of the grinder. The employee turned off the machine and went to unjam the grinder. The auger was still rotating and amputated the employee's left little and ring fingers.
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JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN—
IPMF LLC
A temporary employee was lifting a steel crane arm off the floor. The crane arm fell onto the employee's fingers. Two fingers on the left hand were partially amputated.
JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN—
IPMF LLC
An employee slipped and fell while walking across a production floor. The employee's right hand was caught by a pallet, causing a broken wrist.
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