Bent Tubes LLC

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Bent Tubes LLC in NEENAH, WISCONSIN
Employer Bent Tubes LLC Report ID 2020010209
Address 304 Stonecrest Ct. City, State ZIP NEENAH, WISCONSIN 54956
Event Date January 8, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 332912 Inspection # 1456589
GPS Coordinates 44.18000, -88.48000

Incident Narrative

An employee was clearing a sponge that had become stuck in a pneumatic bench-mounted launcher. The employee's hand got entangled in the machine's piston, causing a fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On January 8, 2020, a worker at Bent Tubes LLC in NEENAH, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). 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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