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Tenneco Inc.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — WAUPUN, WISCONSIN

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Tenneco Inc. in WAUPUN, WISCONSIN
Employer Tenneco Inc. Report ID 2023043689
Address 401 Industrial Ave City, State ZIP WAUPUN, WISCONSIN 53963
Event Date April 25, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 811118 Inspection # 1667488
GPS Coordinates 43.61000, -88.73000

Incident Narrative

An employee was responding to a work order relating to a machine that was not cooling when the lid of the machine lowered onto the employee's thumb. They sustained a left thumb fracture and partial amputation that required hospitalization.

Incident Summary

On April 25, 2023, a worker at Tenneco Inc. in WAUPUN, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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