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Quad Graphics, Inc.

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Quad Graphics, Inc. in WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN
Employer Quad Graphics, Inc. Report ID 2017076844
Address 555 S. 108th Street City, State ZIP WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN 53214
Event Date July 22, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Presses-printing
Industry (NAICS) 323119 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 43.02000, -88.04000

Incident Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a jam on a press machine when his right index fingertip was caught and amputated between the machine's stacker assembly and the back of the ram.

Incident Summary

On July 22, 2017, a worker at Quad Graphics, Inc. in WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with presses-printing identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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