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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20171111284 · 11/28/2017 · Plastipak Packaging, Inc.

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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Machinery, unspecified
Secondary source
Tools, instruments, and equipment, unspecified

Employer

Name
Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
Location
4101 PARDUE ROAD, PINEVILLE, LOUISIANA, 71360
NAICS
326199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

At approximately 1:00 AM on November 28, 2017, an employee was backing up a poly wheel using an approximately 1-inch ratchet. As the wheel was freed, it caused the motor pulley to spin. The gears inside the ratchet then caught and pinched the employee's right pinky finger between the wrench handle and stationary conduit raceway above the area, causing an open fracture to the employee's right pinky finger that resulted in a surgical amputation at the middle knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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