Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Sierra Plastics, Inc.
Start: 4/13/2025

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025043445 · 4/13/2025 · Sierra Plastics, Inc.

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: Shearing machinery
Secondary source: Drives, belts, chains

Employer

Name: Sierra Plastics, Inc.
Location: 1101 Burgandy Dr., EL PASO, TEXAS, 79907
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a rotary die cutter that was not cycling properly, causing material to jam. The employee was working with a belt in the back of the machine when the belt and a pulley caught his right index finger and amputated the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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