Coca Cola Company

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — HOWARD, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Coca Cola Company in HOWARD, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Coca Cola Company Report ID 2016087823
Address 217 Aqua Penn Drive City, State ZIP HOWARD, PENNSYLVANIA 16841
Event Date August 20, 2016 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 312111 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 40.94000, -77.79000

Incident Narrative

On or about August 20, 2016, at 5:30 p.m., an employee was helping another employee to move a mold to be repaired on the 18-station blow molder when his right pinky finger was caught in the machine. His pinky fingertip had to be surgically amputated just past the nailbed.

Incident Summary

On August 20, 2016, a worker at Coca Cola Company in HOWARD, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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