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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018010436 · 1/14/2018 · Packaging Corporation of America

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
Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name
Packaging Corporation of America
Location
2510 W. Miller Road, GARLAND, TEXAS, 75041
NAICS
322219
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was pushing a stack of boxes that became stuck on a conveyor belt when the employee's right ring finger was caught and amputated between the belt and pulley.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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