Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at R.M. Palmer LLC
Start: 2/14/2025

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025021503 · 2/14/2025 · R.M. Palmer LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Bottling, canning, filling machinery
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: R.M. Palmer LLC
Location: 800 Van Reed Road, WYOMISSING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19610
NAICS: 311351
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting the film positioning on the vertical form, fill, and seal bagger machine. The employee's right index finger distal phalanx was caught and lacerated in the machine's sealing jaw. The employee was hospitalized and sustained a medical amputation of the distal phalanx.

Source

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