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Genpak, LLC

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — LONGVIEW, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Genpak, LLC in LONGVIEW, TEXAS
Employer Genpak, LLC Report ID 2019076787
Address 1101 W. Harrison Rd. City, State ZIP LONGVIEW, TEXAS 75604
Event Date July 6, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 424130 Inspection # 1414731
GPS Coordinates 32.49000, -94.81000

Incident Narrative

An employee was helping start up an extruder, pulling the sheet over the mandrel for string-up. The sheet bunched up on the bar of the mandrel blade, and the blade amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.

Incident Summary

On July 6, 2019, a worker at Genpak, LLC in LONGVIEW, TEXAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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