Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sealed Air Corp.
Start: 8/22/2016

1 amputation · 2016087853 · 8/22/2016 · Sealed Air Corp.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: Sealed Air Corp.
Location: 4400 Diplomacy Road, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76155
NAICS: 322232
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to release materials caught in the knife area at the end of the flexible bagging machine when the guillotine knife blade amputated the first joint of the left index finger.

Source

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