R. R. Donnelley

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations involving bone loss — BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at R. R. Donnelley in BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Employer R. R. Donnelley Report ID 2025055081
Address 65 Sprague Street, Suite 9 City, State ZIP BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02136
Event Date May 29, 2025 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations involving 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, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary Source Drives, belts, chains
Industry (NAICS) 323111 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 42.23000, -71.13000

Incident Narrative

On May 29, 2025, at approximately 9:45 AM, an employee was operating a stretch wrapping machine in the shipping/receiving area when the machine malfunctioned. The employee was fixing the machine when his right thumb got caught in a chain. The machine removed 90% of the tip of his thumb and the bone was fractured. The employee required surgery and their thumb tip was reattached.

Incident Summary

On May 29, 2025, a worker at R. R. Donnelley in BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS suffered amputations involving 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, wrapping, bundling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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