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Intertape Polymer Group

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Intertape Polymer Group in MENASHA, WISCONSIN
Employer Intertape Polymer Group Report ID 2020065890
Address 741 4th St City, State ZIP MENASHA, WISCONSIN 54952
Event Date June 24, 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 Presses-printing
Secondary Source Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
Industry (NAICS) 322222 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 44.20000, -88.43000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using a rag to clean ink blots from the rollers of a flexo press. The rag became caught in the rollers and pulled the employee's left hand into the machine's rollers. The employee sustained amputation of the left index and middle fingertips.

Incident Summary

On June 24, 2020, a worker at Intertape Polymer Group in MENASHA, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with presses-printing identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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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