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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019076787 · 7/6/2019 · Genpak, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Genpak, LLC
Location
1101 W. Harrison Rd., LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75604
NAICS
424130
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was helping start up an extruder, pulling the sheet over the mandrel for string-up. The sheet bunched up on the bar of the mandrel blade, and the blade amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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