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Edgewell Personal Care, LLC.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Edgewell Personal Care, LLC. in ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA
Employer Edgewell Personal Care, LLC. Report ID 2017010981
Address 1190 US Hwy 1 North City, State ZIP ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA 32174
Event Date January 31, 2017 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 regular operation Source of Injury Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 339999 Inspection # 1208208
GPS Coordinates 29.31000, -81.10000

Incident Narrative

A temporary employee was resting on top of the depucker machine guard housing while bottles passed by on the conveyor belt. She braced her left hand underneath the machine's conveyor belt guard to push herself back up to a standing position when her left hand made contact with the moving conveyor belt resulting in the amputation of the first joint of her left index and ring fingers. She was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On January 31, 2017, a worker at Edgewell Personal Care, LLC. in ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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