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Amputations

1 amputation · 2023010537 · 1/18/2023 · Westx Packaging Company

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Machinery, unspecified
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Westx Packaging Company
Location
508 Lubbock Business Park Blvd, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79403
NAICS
561910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning rollers when their glove became caught and pulled into the rollers. They sustained damaged fingers and a partial amputation of the little finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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