Amputations

Name: Amputations at Packaging Corporation of America
Start: 4/12/2018

1 amputation · 2018043518 · 4/12/2018 · Packaging Corporation of America

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Printing machinery and equipment, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Packaging Corporation of America
Location: 1800 East Plano Parkway, PLANO, TEXAS, 75074
NAICS: 322211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning under and around the discharge conveyor of a flexographic printer when the employee's right hand came into contact with the drive chain and pulley, partially amputating the index finger and lacerating the middle and ring fingers.

Source

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