ACCO Brands Corporation

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at ACCO Brands Corporation in AUSTIN, TEXAS
Employer ACCO Brands Corporation Report ID 2023109583
Address 401 South 1st Street City, State ZIP AUSTIN, TEXAS 78709
Event Date October 17, 2023 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Bindery machinery
Industry (NAICS) 337214 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 30.25000, -97.74000

Incident Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a tabletop binding machine at a customer location when the machine cycled and contacted their left middle finger, resulting in an amputation without bone loss.

Incident Summary

On October 17, 2023, a worker at ACCO Brands Corporation in AUSTIN, TEXAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with bindery machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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