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Forest County Potawatomi Community

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Forest County Potawatomi Community in MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
Employer Forest County Potawatomi Community Report ID 2017076825
Address 1721 West Canal Street City, State ZIP MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 53233
Event Date July 21, 2017 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 721120 Inspection # 1252485
GPS Coordinates 43.03000, -87.93000

Incident Narrative

An employee was greasing a rooftop HVAC machine when his left pinky fingertip was caught and amputated between the machine's belt and pulley. The HVAC was running at the time of the incident.

Incident Summary

On July 21, 2017, a worker at Forest County Potawatomi Community in MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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