Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Blue Triton Brands
Start: 7/23/2024

1 amputation · 2024076669 · 7/23/2024 · Blue Triton Brands

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
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: Valves, nozzles

Employer

Name: Blue Triton Brands
Location: 109 Poland Spring Drive, POLAND SPRING, MAINE, 04274
NAICS: 312112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a bottle machine because the nozzle was stuck in the up position. The employee went to check for pre-blow air and the nozzle dropped back down to its starting position, catching his right index fingertip against the mold base. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation to the first digit.

Source

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