Steel King Industries, Inc.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — NEW LONDON, WISCONSIN

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Steel King Industries, Inc. in NEW LONDON, WISCONSIN
Employer Steel King Industries, Inc. Report ID 2015096827
Address 325 East Beckert Road City, State ZIP NEW LONDON, WISCONSIN 54961
Event Date September 17, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 332322 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 44.37000, -88.73000

Incident Narrative

An employee was standing on a movable machine bed. The employee reached up to grab a rail and caught her hand in a shear point between a bearing block and the machine frame. Her right hand pinky and ring fingers were amputated to approximately the second joint.

Incident Summary

On September 17, 2015, a worker at Steel King Industries, Inc. in NEW LONDON, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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