Amputations

Name: Amputations at WestRock, Inc.
Start: 6/4/2016

1 amputation · 2016064930 · 6/4/2016 · WestRock, Inc.

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: Slitters, winders-paper production

Employer

Name: WestRock, Inc.
Location: 9469 East Port Road, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32218
NAICS: 322121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting the slitter blade position of a paper machine when his right thumb was caught between the blade and the slitter band resulting in the amputation of the tip of the right thumb without bone loss.

Source

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