Amputations

Name: Amputations at Evergreen Packaging, LLC
Start: 5/20/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018054921 · 5/20/2018 · Evergreen Packaging, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Trip without fall, n.e.c.
Source: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
Secondary source: Extruding machinery

Employer

Name: Evergreen Packaging, LLC
Location: 5201 Fairfield Rd,, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71601
NAICS: 322220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning poly from the edge of the pressure roll on an extruder. The employee tripped and caught his hand in a nip point as he tried to brace himself. The Injury resulted in a partial amputation of two fingers and a de-gloving injury to two other fingers.

Source

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