Amputations

Name: Amputations at Arkansas Glass Container Corporation
Start: 4/19/2018

1 amputation · 2018043759 · 4/19/2018 · Arkansas Glass Container Corporation

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 regular operation
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Arkansas Glass Container Corporation
Location: 516 W Johnson Ave, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, 72401
NAICS: 327213
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was retrieving a tool that was dropped into the container former machine when the baffle arm on the machine struck the employee's elbow forcing the employee's right hand into the machine where it was trapped under a baffle. The employee's right ring finger was amputated just above the knuckle.

Source

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