PCI Pharma Services
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss — ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
| Employer | PCI Pharma Services | Report ID | 2024087076 |
| Address | 4545 Assembly Dr | City, State ZIP | ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 61109 |
| Event Date | August 3, 2024 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss | Body Part | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) |
| Event Type | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Source of Injury | Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery unspecified |
| Secondary Source | Secondary source not applicable | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 325412 | Inspection # | 1772430 |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.21000, -89.07000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was setting up a pouching machine when the pouch blade caught his left index and middle fingertips and amputated them above the bone.
Incident Summary
On August 3, 2024, a worker at PCI Pharma Services in ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS suffered avulsions, enucleations without bone loss to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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