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Rocky Mountain Bottle Company LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Rocky Mountain Bottle Company LLC in WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
Employer Rocky Mountain Bottle Company LLC Report ID 2020077063
Address 10619 W 50th Ave City, State ZIP WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO 80033
Event Date July 27, 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 Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 327213 Inspection # 1485441
GPS Coordinates 39.78000, -105.11000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working to clear a soda ash blockage that jammed the rotary feeder blades of a silo. Once the employee cleared the blockage, the rotary feeder blades rotated and amputated the second and third fingertips on the employee's left hand.

Incident Summary

On July 27, 2020, a worker at Rocky Mountain Bottle Company LLC in WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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