The Gund Company, Inc.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN
| Employer | The Gund Company, Inc. | Report ID | 20241211373 |
| Address | 809 Phillip Drive | City, State ZIP | WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN 53186 |
| Event Date | December 9, 2024 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Body Part | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) |
| Event Type | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Source of Injury | Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery n.e.c. |
| Secondary Source | Secondary source not applicable | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 335932 | Inspection # | 1793063 |
| GPS Coordinates | 43.00000, -88.24000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was unjamming a piece on a shape pultrusion line. Once the piece was trimmed back, an employee realigned the second puller on the line so that the cured piece could pass through the second puller. When the cycle was engaged, the machine amputated the tip of the employee's right thumb.
Incident Summary
On December 9, 2024, a worker at The Gund Company, Inc. in WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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