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Premier Aluminum, LLC

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Premier Aluminum, LLC in RACINE, WISCONSIN
Employer Premier Aluminum, LLC Report ID 2016087418
Address 3633 South Memorial Drive City, State ZIP RACINE, WISCONSIN 53403
Event Date August 9, 2016 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Parts and materials, unspecified
Secondary Source Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 331521 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 42.69000, -87.79000

Incident Narrative

An employee was staging a part on a coordinate measuring machine. The employee put the part onto the fixture. A hole in the casting into which the fixture pin is placed was not big enough. The employee placed the part on its side to deburr the hole out. The employee was repositioning the part onto the fixture when it slipped and crushed his finger between the part and the fixture, amputating his fingertip. The part weighed about 56 pounds.

Incident Summary

On August 9, 2016, a worker at Premier Aluminum, LLC in RACINE, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with parts and materials, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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