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Harley-Davidson, Inc.

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Harley-Davidson, Inc. in MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN
Employer Harley-Davidson, Inc. Report ID 2019010951
Address W156 N9000 Pilgrim Rd. City, State ZIP MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN 53051
Event Date January 26, 2019 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 336991 Inspection # 1375533
GPS Coordinates 43.18000, -88.09000

Incident Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in a gear machine. The employee cleared the jam using a small torque wrench, but another part jam occurred right behind the original jam. After unjamming those parts, the employee used a screwdriver to hold the parts back and his left index finger to prevent the next parts from coming down the track. One of the parts was released and caused the sensor to call for another part. The gate came down and cut his index finger resulting in a partial amputation.

Incident Summary

On January 26, 2019, a worker at Harley-Davidson, Inc. in MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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