Amputations

Name: Amputations at Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
Start: 4/23/2015

1 amputation · 2015043766 · 4/23/2015 · Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
Location: 2401 Old Shawnee Road, MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA, 74403
NAICS: 327213
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was conducting training on a glass molding machine that is not used for production. The employee was feeling around the machine for air leaks when it cycled, causing loss of tissue, nail, and nailbed on the left-hand ring finger. The employee received surgery with some bone removal.

Source

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