Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Reynolds Consumer Products, LLC, 2226 E. Morton Avenue, JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS 62650
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
Employee amputated the tip of his left ring finger while cleaning grease from a small print press roller with the equipment running.
At 11:27 a.m. on March 15, 2025, an employee was transferring film to start a new roll when the winder shaft failed to seat properly in its cradle. The employee was knocking the unseated shaft down when his right thumb was caught. The employee sustained an amputation to right thumb.
On September 11, 2019, at approximately 10:30 a.m., an employee was dumping a rolling tub of scrap bags when the employee noticed several individual scrap bags remained in the bottom of the scrap tub. The employee reached into the tub to remove the remaining bags. As the employee pushed on the corner of the tub to provide leverage to raise up the scrap tub, the scrap tub tipped sideways, causing the employee to lose balance and fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a right hip fracture.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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