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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023010681 · 1/22/2023 · Igloo Products Corp.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Igloo Products Corp.
Location
777 Igloo Rd., KATY, TEXAS, 77494
NAICS
333220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The employee was working with a plastic lid press machine used for installing lids on cooler products. The employee was clearing a stuck plastic lid and their hand was caught in a pinch point resulting in a partial amputation to a finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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