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Sharpline Converting, Inc.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — WICHITA, KANSAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Sharpline Converting, Inc. in WICHITA, KANSAS
Employer Sharpline Converting, Inc. Report ID 20181111678
Address 1520 S Tyler City, State ZIP WICHITA, KANSAS 67209
Event Date November 13, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Parts and materials, unspecified
Secondary Source Presses-printing
Industry (NAICS) 323111 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 37.66000, -97.44000

Incident Narrative

An employee and a coworker were retrieving a large aluminum-frame screen from among several other aluminum-frame screens. One of the screens hit the employee's left index finger, catching it against the side of a press and causing an amputation to the fingertip.

Incident Summary

On November 13, 2018, a worker at Sharpline Converting, Inc. in WICHITA, KANSAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with parts and materials, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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