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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025055081 · 5/29/2025 · R. R. Donnelley

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary source
Drives, belts, chains

Employer

Name
R. R. Donnelley
Location
65 Sprague Street, Suite 9, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02136
NAICS
323111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On May 29, 2025, at approximately 9:45 AM, an employee was operating a stretch wrapping machine in the shipping/receiving area when the machine malfunctioned. The employee was fixing the machine when his right thumb got caught in a chain. The machine removed 90% of the tip of his thumb and the bone was fractured. The employee required surgery and their thumb tip was reattached.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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