Consumer Product Distributors, Inc.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Consumer Product Distributors, Inc. in CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS
Employer Consumer Product Distributors, Inc. Report ID 2021065288
Address 705 MEADOW STREET City, State ZIP CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS 01013
Event Date June 29, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Conveyors-belt
Industry (NAICS) 424410 Inspection # 1539949
GPS Coordinates 42.16000, -72.61000

Incident Narrative

An employee was clearing a jammed conveyor belt. His fingertips became caught in the belt resulting in amputations to the ring and middle fingers on his right hand.

Incident Summary

On June 29, 2021, a worker at Consumer Product Distributors, Inc. in CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with conveyors-belt identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

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