CONSOLIDATED CONTAINER CO.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — LENEXA, KANSAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at CONSOLIDATED CONTAINER CO. in 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.

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