Menomonee Falls, WI ·
OSHA Injury Report: Messer Cutting Systems Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Messer Cutting Systems Inc. in W141N9427 Fountain Blvd., Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 resulted in days away from work. Employee was field Service Engineer in sheet metal forming machines manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 40
- Days restricted or transferred
- 33
Before the incident
The employee was performing maintenance on the machine clearing a clog in the material intake.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Employee is still be evaluated. Currently there is loss of function in hand and arm.
Object or substance involved
Machine material filtration opening clamped down on employee 's arm.
Summary line
Machine clamped down and trapped employees arm causing damage
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Field Service Engineer
- SOC code
- 17-2141: Mechanical Engineers
- NAICS code
- 333517: Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 200
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 396,000
- EIN
- 232888959
- Establishment ID
- 1137639
- Employer case #
- 23-09
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:15
- Time of incident
- 11:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-27
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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