OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221442767

ORORA PACKAGING SOLUTIONS

ALHAMBRA, CA· 2021-09-08T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Finger, Hand, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Instantaneous amputation, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Packaging, Pinch Point, Pinched, Roll, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 339999
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345684500
Employer profile: ORORA PACKAGING SOLUTIONS
Summary number: 221442767
Report ID: 0950641

Event description

Employee amputates finger when caught between stand chuck an

Investigation abstract

At 3:20 p.m. on September 8, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a manufacturer of packaging products was attempting to pull the core off a roll stands. A coworker moved the operator stand in the wrong direction and caused the employee to catch his right hand between the core and the chuck of the stand. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to his index finger.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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