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Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3)

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified — Amputations — WAUPACA, WISCONSIN

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3) in WAUPACA, WISCONSIN
Employer Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3) Report ID 2016065817
Address 1955 Brunner Drive City, State ZIP WAUPACA, WISCONSIN 54981
Event Date June 29, 2016 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 331511 Inspection # 1163772
GPS Coordinates 44.35000, -89.05000

Incident Narrative

An employee's right index fingertip was amputated when the finger was caught between a piece of over-pour and the door to the shaker-shack.

Incident Summary

On June 29, 2016, a worker at Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3) in WAUPACA, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as contact with objects and equipment, unspecified, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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