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Pretium Packaging, LLC

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — LEIPSIC, OHIO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Pretium Packaging, LLC in LEIPSIC, OHIO
Employer Pretium Packaging, LLC Report ID 2022032172
Address 150 S. Werner City, State ZIP LEIPSIC, OHIO 45856
Event Date March 10, 2022 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 326160 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.09000, -83.99000

Incident Narrative

On March 10, 2021, an employee was trying to start a sleever machine (used to slide a plastic label over a plastic bottle). He was lifting the sleever's handle with his right arm while pushing on the lift lever with his left hand. The lift rose and about 1/4 inch of the employee's left middle fingertip was pinched between it and the lever. The quarter-inch of fingertip was amputated.

Incident Summary

On March 10, 2022, a worker at Pretium Packaging, LLC in LEIPSIC, OHIO suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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