Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.

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

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. in ARCADIA, WISCONSIN
Employer Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. Report ID 20161211995
Address One Ashley Way City, State ZIP ARCADIA, WISCONSIN 54612
Event Date December 29, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 337121 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 44.36000, -91.33000

Incident Narrative

On December 29, 2016, an employee was a clearing a jam on the in-feed conveyor of a double-end foiler machine when the employee's right ring finger was pinched and lacerated in a pinch point between the feedstock material and the framework of the conveyor's emergency stop paddle. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On December 29, 2016, a worker at Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. in ARCADIA, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with special process machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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