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Sonoco Global Plastics

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — PLANT CITY, FLORIDA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Sonoco Global Plastics in PLANT CITY, FLORIDA
Employer Sonoco Global Plastics Report ID 2023076388
Address 1420 Gordon Food Service Drive City, State ZIP PLANT CITY, FLORIDA 33566
Event Date July 18, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 325211 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 28.00000, -82.11000

Incident Narrative

An employee was pushing an insert inside the core of a thermal forming machine when their right middle finger was pinched between the core and the roll. The fingertip was amputated.

Incident Summary

On July 18, 2023, a worker at Sonoco Global Plastics in PLANT CITY, FLORIDA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, 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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