Amputations

Name: Amputations at Westrock (Cottonton, AL)
Start: 6/9/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019065816 · 6/9/2019 · Westrock (Cottonton, AL)

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, unspecified
Source: Paper production machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Westrock (Cottonton, AL)
Location: 145 Highway 165 South, COTTONTON, ALABAMA, 36851
NAICS: 322130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to remove paper at the infeed side of a paper machine's pull stack. The employee's fingers were caught in the paper rollers, causing amputations to the three middle fingers of the employee's left hand (at the first joint) and the right index finger.

Source

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