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Pactiv LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. — Amputations — ABILENE, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Pactiv LLC in ABILENE, TEXAS
Employer Pactiv LLC Report ID 2021032281
Address 6450 Five Points Pkwy City, State ZIP ABILENE, TEXAS 79603
Event Date March 16, 2021 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. Source of Injury Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 326199 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 32.45000, -99.80000

Incident Narrative

An employee was starting up a thermoforming machine. As the employee threaded a plastic sheet through an oven, his fingers were pinched in a nip point created by the oven chain as it indexed. He suffered a partial amputation to the right ring finger and a laceration to the right middle finger.

Incident Summary

On March 16, 2021, a worker at Pactiv LLC in ABILENE, TEXAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c., with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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