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A.M. Castle & Company

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at A.M. Castle & Company in JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
Employer A.M. Castle & Company Report ID 2020021740
Address 3800 Enterprise Drive City, State ZIP JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN 53546
Event Date February 21, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Industry (NAICS) 423510 Inspection # 1465389
GPS Coordinates 42.67000, -88.96000

Incident Narrative

Two employees were diagnosing a bundling machine and were in the process of removing blocks. When the employees actuated the bundling machine, the machine lifted but the machine frame did not. One employee had his fingers between the frame and machine at the time, resulting in the amputation of the employee's right middle and ring fingers.

Incident Summary

On February 21, 2020, a worker at A.M. Castle & Company in JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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