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

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. at Rusken Packaging
Start: 3/10/2022

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
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