Amputations

Name: Amputations at Continental Plastic Corporation
Start: 1/19/2022

1 amputation · 2022010555 · 1/19/2022 · Continental Plastic Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Handtools-power not determined, unspecified

Employer

Name: Continental Plastic Corporation
Location: 540 S. Second Street, DELAVAN, WISCONSIN, 53115
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee noticed that plastic film was sticking to a die on a machine that cuts the film into boot shapes. The employee was using a tool to apply corn starch powder to the conveyor belt when the tool became lodged in an ingoing nip point. The nip point then caught the employee's right index finger and partially amputated the fingertip.

Source

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