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Polyflex, Inc.

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Polyflex, Inc. in WALWORTH, WISCONSIN
Employer Polyflex, Inc. Report ID 2023076706
Address 720 Kenosha Street City, State ZIP WALWORTH, WISCONSIN 53184
Event Date July 25, 2023 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 326199 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 42.53000, -88.59000

Incident Narrative

An employee was performing equipment maintenance when he lost his balance and placed his hand down to stabilize himself. The employee's finger entered a nip point of a moving plunger, resulting in a fingertip avulsion that required amputation.

Incident Summary

On July 25, 2023, a worker at Polyflex, Inc. in WALWORTH, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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