Priority Plastics
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — ARVADA, COLORADO
| Employer | Priority Plastics | Report ID | 2024043486 |
| Address | 5861 Tennyson St | City, State ZIP | ARVADA, COLORADO 80003 |
| Event Date | April 22, 2024 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Body Part | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) |
| Event Type | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Source of Injury | Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery unspecified |
| Secondary Source | Other handtools n.e.c. | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 326160 | Inspection # | 1746861 |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.80000, -105.04000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee used an aluminum stick to remove plastic that was jammed in the screw of a machine. The stick got caught in the screw and was pulled into the machine. The machine then contacted the employee's left middle fingertip resulting in surgical amputation.
Incident Summary
On April 22, 2024, a worker at Priority Plastics in ARVADA, COLORADO suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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