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Alpha Packaging Corporation Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. — MOHRSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Alpha Packaging Corporation Inc. in MOHRSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Alpha Packaging Corporation Inc. Report ID 2022021030
Address 589 Centerport Road City, State ZIP MOHRSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 19541
Event Date February 2, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. Body Part Hand(s) and finger(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Presses-printing
Industry (NAICS) 322212 Inspection # 1577044
GPS Coordinates 40.47000, -76.00000

Incident Narrative

An employee was running cardboard boxes through a printing press. While wiping off excess ink, his left hand got caught and pulled into rotating rollers resulting in amputation of his left middle finger and partial amputations of his left ring, index, and little fingers. His left hand was also degloved. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On February 2, 2022, a worker at Alpha Packaging Corporation Inc. in MOHRSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. to the hand(s) and finger(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with presses-printing identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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