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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019099800 · 9/19/2019 · Specialty Quality Packaging, LLC.

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, n.e.c.
Source
Paper production machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Specialty Quality Packaging, LLC.
Location
602 Potential Parkway, SCOTIA, NEW YORK, 12302
NAICS
322299
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was showing another employee how to conduct a test on a machine when the employee's right hand entered the machine. The employee's fingers were caught between a roller and belt, crushing the right middle and ring fingers and resulting in a ring fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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