Amputations

Name: Amputations at Smurfit Kappa Bates
Start: 3/21/2018

1 amputation · 2018032748 · 3/21/2018 · Smurfit Kappa Bates

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Presses-printing

Employer

Name: Smurfit Kappa Bates
Location: 6433 Davis Blvd., NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, 76182
NAICS: 322211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working at a flexographic machine and setting up for the next order. He manually turned the pull roll with his right hand while his left hand was above the shaft, and his left middle fingertip became lodged in the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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