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Curtis Packaging Corporation

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — SANDY HOOK, CONNECTICUT

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Curtis Packaging Corporation in SANDY HOOK, CONNECTICUT
Employer Curtis Packaging Corporation Report ID 20171010382
Address 44 Berkshire Rd City, State ZIP SANDY HOOK, CONNECTICUT 06482
Event Date October 30, 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 maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 323111 Inspection # 1274666
GPS Coordinates 41.40000, -73.26000

Incident Narrative

An employee was responding to a machine which was not functioning. The employee pulled the drive belt to move the mechanism and the equipment started, pinching and amputating the employee's right thumb between the belt and pulley.

Incident Summary

On October 30, 2017, a worker at Curtis Packaging Corporation in SANDY HOOK, CONNECTICUT 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 machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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