Amputations

Name: Amputations at Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
Start: 6/18/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016065435 · 6/18/2016 · Plastipak Packaging, 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: Extruding machinery

Employer

Name: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
Location: 3310 W Springfield Ave, CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, 61822
NAICS: 561910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a jam/bridge in the extruder by pushing trimmings from plastic bottles into the feed throat of the extruder. His left hand contacted the screw of the extruder, amputating his index and middle fingers below the first knuckle.

Source

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