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OSHA Injury Report: Messer Cutting Systems Inc.

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Messer Cutting Systems Inc. in Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 resulted in days away from work. Employee was field Service Engineer in sheet metal forming machines manufacturing.

Establishment
Messer Cutting Systems Inc.
Parent company
Messer Cutting Systems
Street
W141N9427 Fountain Blvd.
City
Menomonee Falls
State
WI
ZIP
53051
On-site location
Cutting Machine Leeco Steel Portage IN
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
40
Days restricted or transferred
33

The employee was performing maintenance on the machine clearing a clog in the material intake.

An employee from the company where the machine was located touched the machine 's screen taking the machine out of service mode which caused the machine to clamp down on the employee 's arm. Employee 's left arm was trapped in the machine until emergency services were able to remove it.

Employee is still be evaluated. Currently there is loss of function in hand and arm.

Machine material filtration opening clamped down on employee 's arm.

Machine clamped down and trapped employees arm causing damage

Job description
Field Service Engineer
SOC code
17-2141 — Mechanical Engineers
NAICS code
333517 — Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
200
Total hours worked
396000
EIN
232888959
Establishment ID
1137639
Employer case #
23-09
Date of incident
Shift started
7:15:00.000
Time of incident
11:30:00.000
Submitted
27FEB24:17:00:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.