Amputations

Name: Amputations at Packaging Corporation of America
Start: 12/14/2020

1 amputation · 20201211691 · 12/14/2020 · Packaging Corporation of America

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Crowbars

Employer

Name: Packaging Corporation of America
Location: 925 Faultless Drive, ASHLAND, OHIO, 44805
NAICS: 322211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On December 14, 2020, an employee was manually rotating a die board cylinder. The prybar he was using to rotate the cylinder came down and pinched his left hand against the anvil blanket around another, lower cylinder. His left index fingertip was amputated.

Source

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