Amputations

Name: Amputations at Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
Start: 1/12/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016010285 · 1/12/2016 · Plastipak Packaging, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and finger(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
Location: 7150 Jefferson Metropolitan Parkway, MC CALLA, ALABAMA, 35111
NAICS: 326160
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee climbed a ladder to reach the unscramble machine, which was jammed. When she attempted to unjam it, the machine broke her right hand and thumb.

Source

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