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PINE BLUFF ARSENAL

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at PINE BLUFF ARSENAL in PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS
Employer PINE BLUFF ARSENAL Report ID 2017098591
Address 10020 KABRICH CIRCLE City, State ZIP PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS 71602
Event Date September 7, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Industry (NAICS) 325998 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 34.30000, -92.08000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working at a station that packs parachutes into canisters. The hydraulic ram on the parachute packing machine initiated out of sequence, catching the employee's glove. She was able to extract her hand from the glove, but not before the end of the ram entered the canister and amputated her right middle fingertip.

Incident Summary

On September 7, 2017, a worker at PINE BLUFF ARSENAL in PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). 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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