Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

Name: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at Tetra Pak Materials LLC
Start: 8/19/2024

1 amputation · 2024087647 · 8/19/2024 · Tetra Pak Materials LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

Cause

Event: Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
Source: Cranes unspecified
Secondary source: Machinery unspecified

Employer

Name: Tetra Pak Materials LLC
Location: 330 US-83, GARDEN CITY, KANSAS, 67846
NAICS: 423990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were conducting an annual separator service for a customer. An engineer was replacing a sliding bowl into a separator when his left thumb was pinched between the sliding bowl and the bowl body as a crane lifted it. His thumb tip was amputated above the bone.

Source

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