Amputations

Name: Amputations at Hammer Packaging Corp.
Start: 10/22/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181010894 · 10/22/2018 · Hammer Packaging Corp.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Product labeling machinery

Employer

Name: Hammer Packaging Corp.
Location: 234 Wallace Way, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14624
NAICS: 323111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning under a label machine conveyor to remove labels that fell off a production line. As she attempted to pull a label that was stuck, her left ring and middle fingers were amputated at the distal phalanx.

Source

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