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Amputations

1 amputation · 20161111207 · 11/30/2016 · Gibraltar Packaging, LLC

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
Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name
Gibraltar Packaging, LLC
Location
200 Sumit Ave., HASTINGS, NEBRASKA, 68901
NAICS
322226
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was unjamming the core baler machine when the right hand was pulled into the core cutting nip. The employee suffered open fractures to the second, third and fourth digits on the right hand. Two days later the employee's middle fingertip was surgically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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