SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN·
VPI
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at VPI, 3123 S. 9th Street, SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN 53081 on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was cleaning out a knife gate. The equipment was turned off. While using an airline and nozzle to blow out material the airline hit the on/off switch and the gate was activated. The employee's thumb was crushed under the gate and amputated by the machine.
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