Steel King Industries, Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — 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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