CONSOLIDATED CONTAINER CO.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — LENEXA, KANSAS
| Employer | CONSOLIDATED CONTAINER CO. | Report ID | 2015010794 |
| Address | 11725 West 85th Street | City, State ZIP | LENEXA, KANSAS 66214 |
| Event Date | January 25, 2015 | Outcome | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Body Part | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified |
| Event Type | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Source of Injury | Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified |
| Industry (NAICS) | 326160 | Inspection # | 1021878 |
| GPS Coordinates | 38.97000, -94.72000 | ||
Incident Narrative
Employee operating the mold machine reached around a guard to the area where plastic bottles were molded. His hand was caught and fingers were injured. He was taken to the hospital and had surgery on his fingers.
Incident Summary
On January 25, 2015, a worker at CONSOLIDATED CONTAINER CO. in LENEXA, KANSAS suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.
Context
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