Amputations

Name: Amputations at PIONEER CONTAINER CORPORATION
Start: 1/28/2015

1 amputation · 2015010918 · 1/28/2015 · PIONEER CONTAINER CORPORATION

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Paper production machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: PIONEER CONTAINER CORPORATION
Location: 1100 ELLERBROOK ROAD, NORTH KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64116
NAICS: 322224
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employee was wiping off the plate while the machine was running. The rag got caught in the machine pulling the employee's hand into the machine and catching it between the print cylinder and the anologix cylinder. The right 4th and 5th fingertips were amputated.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown