Amputations

Name: Amputations at Cryovac Sealed Air
Start: 9/4/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017098506 · 9/4/2017 · Cryovac Sealed Air

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: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Cryovac Sealed Air
Location: 2313 SW Lower Lake Rd, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64506
NAICS: 325211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 9/04/2017, at approximately 6:30 a.m., an employee was attempting to remove a plastic roll core from a machine when the machine's extractor arm moved the roll, causing it to pinch his right index finger. His finger had to be surgically amputated up to the first digit.

Source

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