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Sovereign Pharmaceuticals, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — FORT WORTH, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Sovereign Pharmaceuticals, LLC in FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Employer Sovereign Pharmaceuticals, LLC Report ID 2019010755
Address 7590 Sand Street City, State ZIP FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76118
Event Date January 22, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
Industry (NAICS) 325412 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 32.79000, -97.21000

Incident Narrative

After operating a liquid pharmaceutical machine to make a batch, an employee began to disassemble the machine for cleaning. The employee placed a towel in the machine, which sucked in the towel and the employee's left hand. The employee sustained a partial left index fingertip amputation. The machine was not turned off and was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Incident Summary

On January 22, 2019, a worker at Sovereign Pharmaceuticals, LLC in FORT WORTH, TEXAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with special process machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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