Amputations

Name: Amputations at Baxter Packaging LLC
Start: 11/22/2023

1 amputation · 20231110760 · 11/22/2023 · Baxter 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: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Baxter Packaging LLC
Location: 770 South Eastman Road, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75602
NAICS: 322211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had been catching boxes as they came out of a gluing machine. The employee was working to free a box from the machine when her left middle fingertip was caught in the chain sprocket. The employee's fingertip was amputated. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Source

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