Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Puratos Corporation
Start: 12/19/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20241211725 · 12/19/2024 · Puratos Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Puratos Corporation
Location: 5000 70th Avenue, KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, 53144
NAICS: 311320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pushing a bag that was stuck in the bag sealing machine when their right thumb became caught in one of the back wheels, resulting in an amputation of the thumb tip.

Source

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