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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015063438 · 6/5/2015 · Pretium Packaging Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Pretium Packaging Inc.
Location
512 Forest Road, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
NAICS
326160
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on a molding machine that was alarming. The machine was not locked out at the time. The employee's hands were in the machine when the molds closed on his finger. Half of the first joint of his right ring finger (including the nail) was amputated at the hospital.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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