Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sonoco Products Company
Start: 2/2/2023

1 amputation · 2023021072 · 2/2/2023 · Sonoco Products 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, unspecified
Source: Machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee was installing a belt when her glove was caught between the belt and the pulley. Her left hand was pulled in, resulting in a broken index finger and an amputation to the thumb.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown