Amputations

Name: Amputations at RX SYSTEMS, INC
Start: 3/9/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016032090 · 3/9/2016 · RX SYSTEMS, INC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Presses-printing

Employer

Name: RX SYSTEMS, INC
Location: 121 Point West Blvd, SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI, 63301
NAICS: 424210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading paper into a printing press when the press did not move the paper along as designed. The employee jogged the machine and turned it off and then on, attempting to get the paper to move along. The employee's left index finger was caught in the machine, amputating the first digit of the finger.

Source

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