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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024054711 · 5/29/2024 · CKS Packaging

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Machine guards

Employer

Name
CKS Packaging
Location
4000 NE Kimball Drive, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64161
NAICS
326112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting parisons on a blow mold machine. They noticed a bottle stuck in the mold and reached to push it out when the molds closed on their left hand. The employee sustained amputations of the thumb and the index, middle, and ring fingers. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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