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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017021773 · 2/24/2017 · Alpha Packaging Northeast

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Alpha Packaging Northeast
Location
1995 Highland Ave., BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 18020
NAICS
326160
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating the plastic bottle forming machine and opened a guard to grease a sticking bushing. The machine was running at the time and the tip of his right index finger was amputated in a pinch point.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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