Preformed Line Products

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — ROGERS, ARKANSAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Preformed Line Products in ROGERS, ARKANSAS
Employer Preformed Line Products Report ID 2021086963
Address 2740 South 1st Street City, State ZIP ROGERS, ARKANSAS 72758
Event Date August 16, 2021 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 335932 Inspection # 1550487
GPS Coordinates 36.30000, -94.11000

Incident Narrative

An employee was unjamming a forming machine when her fingers contacted the rollers that pull wire through the machine, resulting in a pinched ring finger and injuries to the little finger that required amputation down to the middle phalange. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Incident Summary

On August 16, 2021, a worker at Preformed Line Products in ROGERS, ARKANSAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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