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Amputations

1 amputation · 20191010868 · 10/17/2019 · Plastic Container Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
Plastic Container Corporation
Location
2508 N. Oak St., URBANA, ILLINOIS, 61802
NAICS
326160
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On October 17, 2019, an employee was using a shrink wrap machine to wrap cardboard boxes of plastic bottles on a pallet when his right thumb was caught in the wrapping process, causing a soft tissue amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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