Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at AMCOR
Start: 3/17/2024

1 amputation · 2024032381 · 3/17/2024 · AMCOR

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: Printing machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source: Machine guards

Employer

Name: AMCOR
Location: 718 High Street, NEW LONDON, WISCONSIN, 54961
NAICS: 322211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was reinstalling the guard after repairing an ink pump when it slipped from their grasp and the employee's left ring finger contacted the moving belt and pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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