ORLANDO, FLORIDA—
CKS Packaging, Inc.
Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at CKS Packaging, Inc., 333 Michigan St., ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32806 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
Employee was climbing a locked fence when his ring finger got caught on the fence and was amputated.
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An employee's left little fingertip was amputated in the exit chute of a machine.
ORLANDO, FLORIDA—
CKS Packaging, Inc.
An employee's right palm was severely lacerated by the laydown trimmer.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA—
CKS Packaging, Inc.
An employee was clearing a jam on a laydown trimmer. The machine started while his hand was in it, causing the amputation of his right thumb.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA—
CKS Packaging Inc.
An employee was wiping the top of a machine with a cloth when her finger slipped through an opening on the guard and the mold clamp closed on her fingertip and amputated it.
DALLAS, TEXAS—
CKS Packaging, Inc.
An employee was clearing a jam in a trimmer machine when the machine cycled and caught his fingers. He suffered amputations to his right index and middle fingers. The machine was not locked out or guarded at the time of the incident.
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