WINDSOR, COLORADO—
Metal Container Corporation
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Metal Container Corporation, 1201 Metal Container Court, WINDSOR, COLORADO 80550 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a motor assembly with a belt/pulley. He was inspecting the belt for tears when his right pinky finger was caught in a pinch point between the belt and wheel, resulting in a partial amputation of the right pinky finger.
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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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An employee was stepping up onto a platform. The employee's foot caught on a step and their right shin contacted the step as they fell, causing a broken tibia and fibula.
WINDSOR, COLORADO—
Metal Container Corporation
The employee had been driving a fork truck to load empty cans (product). The injured employee then left the fork truck as another employee was reversing a fork truck nearby. He was in the other fork truck driver's blind spot, and the fork truck driver pinned him between the two fork trucks. He fractured his lower left and right legs, requiring hospitalization.
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