← OSHA severe injury reports

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

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022032186 · 3/10/2022 · Rusken Packaging

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Presses-printing

Employer

Name
Rusken Packaging
Location
1301 South Illinois Avenue, HARRISBURG, ARKANSAS, 72432
NAICS
424130
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Two employees were cleaning a printing press machine. A rag fell into the machine and one of the employees tried to retrieve it. The machine degloved the employee's left hand between the ink roller and the rubber roller. The employee suffered amputations to the left ring and little fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown