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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017065822 · 6/24/2017 · Can Corporation of America Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Skids, pallets
Secondary source
Stacking machinery

Employer

Name
Can Corporation of America Incorporated
Location
326 June Avenue, BLANDON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19510
NAICS
332431
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the palletizer from the back side. The employee's left pinky finger was crushed between the conveyor cross beam and a pallet resulting in a partial amputation/avulsion. The palletizer was not running at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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