Amcor Rigid Plastics
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — FORT WORTH, TEXAS
| Employer | Amcor Rigid Plastics | Report ID | 2022053746 |
| Address | 4324 Fleetwood Road | City, State ZIP | FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76155 |
| Event Date | May 1, 2022 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Fingertip(s) |
| Event Type | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Source of Injury | Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified |
| Industry (NAICS) | 326160 | Inspection # | 1594830 |
| GPS Coordinates | 32.82000, -97.03000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An Amcor employee was working on the extrusion wheel, attempting to fix an issue with the bottle weights and the pressure from the parison air. The employee completed the inspection/repair and began the start-up sequence. The parison did not feed properly. The employee went to correct the misload. The plastic then fell off to the side and the employee attempted to grab it but his right hand got caught in the side of the mold as it was closing. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
Incident Summary
On May 1, 2022, a worker at Amcor Rigid Plastics in FORT WORTH, TEXAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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