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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017064997 · 6/1/2017 · Sugar Creek Packing Co.

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
Sealing, stapling machinery

Employer

Name
Sugar Creek Packing Co.
Location
1600 W. McKay Street, FRONTENAC, KANSAS, 66763
NAICS
311612
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to feed film through a jammed sealing machine when it closed on and lacerated his left middle fingertip. His fingertip had to be medically amputated. The machine was guarded and not locked out at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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