Amputations

Name: Amputations at Primary Packaging, Inc.
Start: 12/4/2017

1 amputation · 20171211508 · 12/4/2017 · Primary Packaging, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Presses-printing
Secondary source: Textiles, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Primary Packaging, Inc.
Location: 10810 Industrial Parkway, NW, BOLIVAR, OHIO, 44612
NAICS: 326111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While working on a printing press, an employee noticed a problem and went to investigate. The employee was behind the press with a rag when it became caught in the ingoing nip point, pulling the employee's right hand into the press. The employee suffered a right-hand de-gloving followed by finger amputations.

Source

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