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Pacon

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

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Pacon in APPLETON, WISCONSIN
Employer Pacon Report ID 2020011037
Address 2525 N. Casaloma Dr. City, State ZIP APPLETON, WISCONSIN 54913
Event Date January 31, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Conveyors-chain
Industry (NAICS) 322299 Inspection # 1462163
GPS Coordinates 44.28000, -88.47000

Incident Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a machine conveyor. He was physically checking the rotation of the sprocket and chain when his finger became caught in the chain and sprocket, resulting in a right index fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On January 31, 2020, a worker at Pacon in APPLETON, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with conveyors-chain identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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