Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sealed Air Corp.
Start: 6/12/2015

1 amputation · 2015063634 · 6/12/2015 · Sealed Air Corp.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Racks-garment and other
Secondary source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Sealed Air Corp.
Location: 1301 West Magnolia, IOWA PARK, TEXAS, 76367
NAICS: 326111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was storing the extruder track that is used to move the extruder to and from the die. He was wearing a cut resistant glove that caught on a bur. As he was sliding the track into the storage area, his finger got caught between the sliding rack and storage area.

Source

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