Essity

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Essity in MENASHA, WISCONSIN
Employer Essity Report ID 2021032001
Address 190 3rd Street City, State ZIP MENASHA, WISCONSIN 54952
Event Date March 6, 2021 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 Paper production machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 322121 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 44.20000, -88.45000

Incident Narrative

An employee was on a catwalk, cleaning the shower on a paper machine. As he was using a wrench to rotate the shower shaft with his right hand, the indicator came around and caught the tip of his left index finger, causing a partial amputation to the finger pad.

Incident Summary

On March 6, 2021, a worker at Essity in MENASHA, 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 paper production machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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