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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20171211478 · 12/3/2017 · Plastipak Packaging, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Arm(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Plastipak Packaging, Inc
Location
4101 Perdue Road, PINEVILLE, LOUISIANA, 71360
NAICS
326160
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a rotary wheel machine and attempting to make an adjustment when the employee's right arm became caught in the machine. The employee's arm had to be surgically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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