Amputations

Name: Amputations at Novipax Associate
Start: 7/1/2016

1 amputation · 2016075942 · 7/1/2016 · Novipax Associate

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: Novipax Associate
Location: 1621 Air Industrial Park, GRENADA, MISSISSIPPI, 38901
NAICS: 322219
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A packaging machine vacuum stopped working. The employee thought the vacuum line was clogged and reached inside the machine with his right hand to unclog it. The fan blade was still rotating and struck his right middle finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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