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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021119433 · 11/1/2021 · Owens-Illinois

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Owens-Illinois
Location
5200 Beverly Drive, WACO, TEXAS, 76707
NAICS
327213
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was taking blank temperatures on a forming machine. As the employee inserted blank temperature probes into the blanks, their right index finger was pinched between the blank arm and the operating shaft. The finger was degloved to the first knuckle, and was later medically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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