Lubrication Technologies Inc

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Lubrication Technologies Inc in SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
Employer Lubrication Technologies Inc Report ID 2017087553
Address 7699 W Bert Kouns Industrial Loop City, State ZIP SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA 71129
Event Date August 8, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Special process machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 324191 Inspection # 1253754
GPS Coordinates 32.42000, -93.89000

Incident Narrative

While making an adjustment to a pouch manufacturing machine, an employee had his left thumb pinched by the machine's cutting blades resulting in partial amputation of the thumb. At the time the interlocked door had been bypassed.

Incident Summary

On August 8, 2017, a worker at Lubrication Technologies Inc in SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with special process machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

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