Ardagh Glass Inc.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA
| Employer | Ardagh Glass Inc. | Report ID | 2015129485 |
| Address | 1000 N. Mission Street | City, State ZIP | SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA 74066 |
| Event Date | December 14, 2015 | Outcome | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. |
| Event Type | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Source of Injury | Conveyors-gravity and nonpowered, unspecified |
| Industry (NAICS) | 327213 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 36.00000, -96.09000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was changing a link in a chain on a set of rollers when a pallet of finished product was pushed onto the roller set being worked on. This caused the sprocket to move on the chain, pulling the employee's left index finger in and amputating it to the middle knuckle.
Incident Summary
On December 14, 2015, a worker at Ardagh Glass Inc. in SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with conveyors-gravity and nonpowered, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.
Context
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