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Northwest Services, Inc.

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Northwest Services, Inc. in HELENVILLE, WISCONSIN
Employer Northwest Services, Inc. Report ID 20231010053
Address N4525 County Rd D Door 13 City, State ZIP HELENVILLE, WISCONSIN 53137
Event Date October 31, 2023 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Forearm(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
Industry (NAICS) 237310 Inspection # 1707931
GPS Coordinates 43.00000, -88.69000

Incident Narrative

An employee parked their snow plowing truck in the yard. They were cleaning traffic bonds on the truck when their right arm was caught in the rock salt auger located on the back of the truck. The employee's arm was amputated just above the elbow.

Incident Summary

On October 31, 2023, a worker at Northwest Services, Inc. in HELENVILLE, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the forearm(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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