Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sealed Air Corporation
Start: 11/24/2015

1 amputation · 2015118915 · 11/24/2015 · Sealed Air 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, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Sealed Air Corporation
Location: 260 North Blettner Avenue, HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17331
NAICS: 322299
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was threading paper into the padded bag line machine. When the paper passed through the notcher section, the employee attempted to support the paper with his hand. The notcher fired and amputated his right ring fingertip. The notcher was not turned off at the time of the incident.

Source

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