Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sonoco Products Company
Start: 9/27/2022

1 amputation · 2022098537 · 9/27/2022 · Sonoco Products Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Stacking machinery

Employer

Name: Sonoco Products Company
Location: 1901 John D Long Drive Southeast, HARTSELLE, ALABAMA, 35640
NAICS: 321999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a stacker system. Slack developed in a chain, and when it tightened the employee's left little finger was caught in the chain and sprocket. The finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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