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MID CITY FOUNDRY COMPANY

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at MID CITY FOUNDRY COMPANY in MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
Employer MID CITY FOUNDRY COMPANY Report ID 2015108014
Address 1521 W. Bruce Street City, State ZIP MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 53204
Event Date October 27, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary Source Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
Industry (NAICS) 331511 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 43.02000, -87.93000

Incident Narrative

The employee was operating a forklift and dumping sand. He got off the forklift to activate the dump hopper lever. The employee's hand got caught between the fork and the hopper fork pocket amputating the left hand index fingertip.

Incident Summary

On October 27, 2015, a worker at MID CITY FOUNDRY COMPANY in MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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