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Graphic Packaging International LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Graphic Packaging International LLC in MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA
Employer Graphic Packaging International LLC Report ID 2018077380
Address 1700 West Ash Avenue City, State ZIP MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA 57301
Event Date July 21, 2018 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 Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 561910 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 43.70000, -98.04000

Incident Narrative

An employee was sanding a thin piece of metal on a table disc sander when a metal piece and the tip of the employee's right thumb were pulled into the gap between the disc and the table. The tip of the employee's thumb was amputated.

Incident Summary

On July 21, 2018, a worker at Graphic Packaging International LLC in MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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