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Amputations

1 amputation · 20191010925 · 10/18/2019 · Packaging Corporation of America

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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
Packaging Corporation of America
Location
7200 Mars Dr., WACO, TEXAS, 76712
NAICS
322211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee's hand was caught between a roll of paper and a machine mechanism while the paper was being loaded into the machine. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the right ring finger, losing the pad of the first knuckle and part of the bone.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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