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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016109359 · 10/4/2016 · Express Packaging Inc.

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
Sealing, stapling machinery

Employer

Name
Express Packaging Inc.
Location
301 Enterprise Drive, NEWCOMERSTOWN, OHIO, 43832
NAICS
561910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was trying to correct loose taping on boxes that were on a moving machine when his right middle finger became caught in the machine's moving chain and was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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