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Amputations

1 amputation · 2023054449 · 5/18/2023 · Anchor Packaging LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
Anchor Packaging LLC
Location
2211 N 12 Ave, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, 72450
NAICS
326113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was clearing non-conforming product off a packaging table. As the employee went to clear a piece of plastic from the trim press, the press cycled and caught the employee's left hand. The employee's middle and ring fingertips were amputated and they sustained lacerations to the left hand.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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