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Menasha Packaging, LLC

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Menasha Packaging, LLC in EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS
Employer Menasha Packaging, LLC Report ID 2023021440
Address 9 Gateway Commerce Center Dr E. City, State ZIP EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS 62025
Event Date February 15, 2023 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Conveyors-roller
Secondary Source Skids, pallets
Industry (NAICS) 322220 Inspection # 1652910
GPS Coordinates 38.76000, -90.07000

Incident Narrative

An employee loaded a pallet with packaged product and was preparing to put it on a conveyor when their right index finger was caught between the manual conveyor rollers and the pallet. The employee sustained a right index fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On February 15, 2023, a worker at Menasha Packaging, LLC in EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with conveyors-roller identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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