Amputations

Name: Amputations at Vanguard Packaging Inc.
Start: 5/10/2019

1 amputation · 2019054789 · 5/10/2019 · Vanguard Packaging Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Vanguard Packaging Inc.
Location: 8800 Northeast Underground Dr, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64161
NAICS: 322211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was feeding cardboard into a flexo folder feeder when a jam occurred. As the employee tried to unjam the machine his left pinky fingertip was amputated.

Source

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