Amputations

Name: Amputations at RonPak, Inc
Start: 9/30/2016

1 amputation · 2016099203 · 9/30/2016 · RonPak, 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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Presses-printing
Secondary source: Textiles, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: RonPak, Inc
Location: 1 Nathan Sedley Rd, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71115
NAICS: 322220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning bag machine plates with a rag when the rag and his left hand were pulled into the machine, amputating his fingertip between a plate cylinder and impression roller. The machine was running at the time.

Source

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