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Berry Global, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Berry Global, Inc. in HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
Employer Berry Global, Inc. Report ID 2019021385
Address 106 Delta Place City, State ZIP HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS 71913
Event Date February 7, 2019 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 326112 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 34.52000, -93.12000

Incident Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a plastic compression molding machine and suffered the partial amputation of the right thumb. The machine was not guarded or locked-out at the time.

Incident Summary

On February 7, 2019, a worker at Berry Global, Inc. in HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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