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Expera Specialty Solutions

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Expera Specialty Solutions in MOSINEE, WISCONSIN
Employer Expera Specialty Solutions Report ID 2017043908
Address 100 Main Street City, State ZIP MOSINEE, WISCONSIN 54455
Event Date April 30, 2017 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Paper production machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 322121 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 44.78000, -89.69000

Incident Narrative

An employee and two coworkers were manually tensioning a belt on a belt drive when his left thumb was pulled into the in-running nip point created between the belt and the sieve, amputating his thumb above the first knuckle. He was wearing leather gloves at the time of the incident.

Incident Summary

On April 30, 2017, a worker at Expera Specialty Solutions in MOSINEE, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with paper production machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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