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Smurfit Kappa San Antonio

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — VON ORMY, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Smurfit Kappa San Antonio in VON ORMY, TEXAS
Employer Smurfit Kappa San Antonio Report ID 2023075926
Address 10600 Fischer Road City, State ZIP VON ORMY, TEXAS 78073
Event Date July 5, 2023 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 Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 561910 Inspection # 1682404
GPS Coordinates 29.31000, -98.62000

Incident Narrative

An employee was rotating blankets in the die cut section while a maintenance employee started working on another section of the machine. The employee informed maintenance that an air actuation brake was not working and they came to assess the issue. Maintenance employees pressed the brake switch but it did not engage. As the employees were troubleshooting, the injured employee walked to the drive side of that section and pointed to the piston that was not engaging. The piston brake engaged unexpectedly onto the injured employee's hand, amputating the first digit of his left index finger.

Incident Summary

On July 5, 2023, a worker at Smurfit Kappa San Antonio in VON ORMY, TEXAS 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 machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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