Amputations

Name: Amputations at McVantage Packaging, LLC
Start: 11/10/2023

1 amputation · 20231110388 · 11/10/2023 · McVantage 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 during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: McVantage Packaging, LLC
Location: 514 Highway 43 South, TUSCUMBIA, ALABAMA, 35674
NAICS: 321920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working to clear a piece of wood that was wedged between the rollers of a roller sorter. A motion sensor was activated, causing the machine to operate. The employee's left hand was caught in a chain resulting in an amputation to their left middle fingertip.

Source

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