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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015021034 · 2/2/2015 · Heritage Bag Company

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
Heritage Bag Company
Location
501 Gateway Parkway, ROANOKE, TEXAS, 76262
NAICS
326111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The employee was performing maintenance on a piece of machinery next to a bag machine where film was being pulled. The bag machine started malfunctioning. The employee began to re-route the film on the bag machine while the equipment was energized. The employee got his left hand caught in the rollers of the bag machine, which pulled his hand into the gears and belt.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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