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Owens-Illinois

Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified — Amputations — WACO, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Owens-Illinois in WACO, TEXAS
Employer Owens-Illinois Report ID 2021119433
Address 5200 Beverly Drive City, State ZIP WACO, TEXAS 76707
Event Date November 1, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified Source of Injury Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 327213 Inspection # 1562058
GPS Coordinates 31.51000, -97.17000

Incident Narrative

An employee was taking blank temperatures on a forming machine. As the employee inserted blank temperature probes into the blanks, their right index finger was pinched between the blank arm and the operating shaft. The finger was degloved to the first knuckle, and was later medically amputated.

Incident Summary

On November 1, 2021, a worker at Owens-Illinois in WACO, TEXAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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