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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021032281 · 3/16/2021 · Pactiv LLC

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, n.e.c.
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Pactiv LLC
Location
6450 Five Points Pkwy, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79603
NAICS
326199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was starting up a thermoforming machine. As the employee threaded a plastic sheet through an oven, his fingers were pinched in a nip point created by the oven chain as it indexed. He suffered a partial amputation to the right ring finger and a laceration to the right middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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