JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA—
Metal Container Corporation
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Metal Container Corporation, 1100 N Ellis Road, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32254 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was assembling the printer pinion gear at his work bench when his right pinky finger was pinched between the bearing housing and the housing of the gear box resulting in the amputation of his right pinky fingertip without bone loss.
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On November 01, 2019, an employee was cleaning a mandrel (metal cylinder which holds the can) of a can printing decorating machine when the printer jogged, causing his right hand to be caught between machine's mandrel and blanket wheel (transfers the image onto the can). The employee suffered a laceration and fracture to his right hand, requiring hospitalization.
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