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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025032310 · 3/11/2025 · Mettler Packaging 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
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Special process machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Mettler Packaging LLC
Location
390 Moorefield Industrial Park Road, MOOREFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA, 26836
NAICS
326112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was clearing a paper jam in a paper bag machine when the compression plate came down and partially amputated the employee's right middle finger between the fingernail and the distal knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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