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Ethicon, Inc.

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Ethicon, Inc. in SAN ANGELO, TEXAS
Employer Ethicon, Inc. Report ID 2020043816
Address 3348 Pulliam St City, State ZIP SAN ANGELO, TEXAS 76905
Event Date April 25, 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 Machinery, unspecified
Secondary Source Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Industry (NAICS) 339112 Inspection # 1473493
GPS Coordinates 31.47000, -100.39000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning the chain on a foil machine. The chain caught the employee's right glove and amputated the employee's ring and middle fingertips.

Incident Summary

On April 25, 2020, a worker at Ethicon, Inc. in SAN ANGELO, TEXAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with machinery, unspecified 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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