OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221435522

ALPHA PACKAGING CORPORATION INC.

MOHRSVILLE, PA· 2022-02-02T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Degloving, Finger, Hand, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Printing Press, Roller--Mach/Part, Rotating Parts
NAICS: 322212
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345770440
Employer profile: ALPHA PACKAGING CORPORATION INC.
Summary number: 221435522
Report ID: 0316700

Event description

Employee amputates multiple fingers in printing press

Investigation abstract

On February 2, 2022, an employee was running cardboard boxes through a Universal Jumbo Printing Press. While wiping off excess ink, the employee's left hand was caught and pulled into rotating rollers, degloving his left hand. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of the amputation of left middle finger and partial amputation of the left ring, index, and pinky fingers.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M

Event type
2

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