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Signicast, LLC

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — HARTFORD, WISCONSIN

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Signicast, LLC in HARTFORD, WISCONSIN
Employer Signicast, LLC Report ID 2015107398
Address 1800 Innovation Way City, State ZIP HARTFORD, WISCONSIN 53027
Event Date October 5, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Buckets, baskets, pails
Secondary Source Conveyors-powered, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 331512 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 43.33000, -88.41000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using a hoist to transfer a heat treat basket which was approximately 3 ft. by 4 ft. long from a staging rack to a conveyor. The basket was loaded with castings that go into the heat treat operation. The employee detached the hoist and noticed the basket wasn't sitting flat on the cart. As she manipulated the basket her right middle finger was pinched between the basket and the conveyor resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip with loss of fingernail and subsequent revision of the tip of the finger. Stitches were used to close the wound. No surgery was required.

Incident Summary

On October 5, 2015, a worker at Signicast, LLC in HARTFORD, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with buckets, baskets, pails identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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