Amputations

Name: Amputations at YELLOWSTONE PLASTICS, INC.
Start: 10/7/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016109471 · 10/7/2016 · YELLOWSTONE PLASTICS, 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 regular operation
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: YELLOWSTONE PLASTICS, INC.
Location: 3725 W. 65TH STREET SOUTH, IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, 83402
NAICS: 326111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking by a pouch converting machine when she noticed a fold in the plastic and attempted to correct it. At the same time, the operator jogged the machine, which pulled her hand between two rollers and amputated her index finger and half of her pinky finger. The guard was not in place at the time.

Source

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