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Western Industries Corporation

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — WICHITA, KANSAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Western Industries Corporation in WICHITA, KANSAS
Employer Western Industries Corporation Report ID 2020098877
Address 2530 S. Southeast Drive City, State ZIP WICHITA, KANSAS 67216
Event Date September 18, 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 Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 321920 Inspection # 1493828
GPS Coordinates 37.64000, -97.31000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning a resaw machine and amputated their index fingertip. The index finger was also fractured.

Incident Summary

On September 18, 2020, a worker at Western Industries Corporation in WICHITA, KANSAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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