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Brown Paper Goods Company

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Brown Paper Goods Company in COPPELL, TEXAS
Employer Brown Paper Goods Company Report ID 2020010899
Address 1125 Gateview Blvd. City, State ZIP COPPELL, TEXAS 75019
Event Date January 28, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Formers-paper production
Industry (NAICS) 322220 Inspection # 1460540
GPS Coordinates 32.96000, -97.02000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating a cartoner and feeding a box of product into the machine when paper fell out and became jammed. The employee cycled the machine to clear the jam and the employee's finger became caught in a chain, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On January 28, 2020, a worker at Brown Paper Goods Company in COPPELL, TEXAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with formers-paper production identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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