Crown Beverage Manufacturing
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
| Employer | Crown Beverage Manufacturing | Report ID | 2020065130 |
| Address | 1501 St. James Street | City, State ZIP | LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN 54603 |
| Event Date | June 3, 2020 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Fingertip(s) |
| Event Type | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Source of Injury | Dies, molds, patterns |
| Industry (NAICS) | 424820 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 43.83000, -91.23000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was helping to reinsert a 10,000-lb. die set on a cupper. While pushing the die set in, the employee s left hand was on the bottom of the die set, with the tips of his fingers in a recessed hole underneath the die set. As the die set slid into place, the employee's fingertips were contacted by the straight edge of the lower base of the cavity, resulting in the amputation of the index, middle, and ring fingertips.
Incident Summary
On June 3, 2020, a worker at Crown Beverage Manufacturing in LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with dies, molds, patterns identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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