Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. at Alpha Packaging Corporation Inc.
Start: 2/2/2022

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022021030 · 2/2/2022 · Alpha Packaging Corporation Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and finger(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Presses-printing

Employer

Name: Alpha Packaging Corporation Inc.
Location: 589 Centerport Road, MOHRSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19541
NAICS: 322212
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was running cardboard boxes through a printing press. While wiping off excess ink, his left hand got caught and pulled into rotating rollers resulting in amputation of his left middle finger and partial amputations of his left ring, index, and little fingers. His left hand was also degloved. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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