Amputations

Name: Amputations at APCO Packaging, Inc.
Start: 11/29/2023

1 amputation · 20231110934 · 11/29/2023 · APCO Packaging, Inc.

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 during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: APCO Packaging, Inc.
Location: 9901 S 76th Ave, BRIDGEVIEW, ILLINOIS, 60455
NAICS: 488991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the tablet press machine and suffered a partial amputation to the left index finger. The machine was not locked out at the time.

Source

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