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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024021663 · 2/22/2024 · Murnane Packaging Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Industrial printing machinery
Secondary source
Cleaning handtools n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Murnane Packaging Corporation
Location
607 Northwest Avenue, NORTHLAKE, ILLINOIS, 60164
NAICS
322299
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee working at a printing press was cleaning printing plates (rollers) with a rag. The rag was caught in the moving rollers and his right hand was pulled into the press, resulting in a right middle fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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