Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Start: 4/21/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015042223 · 4/21/2015 · Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Mowing machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Location: 500 University Drive, HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, 17033
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An maintenance worker, inserted his left hand into the mower chute to remove grass while the mower blades were engaged and cut two of his fingers. He was admitted to the hospital for surgery to reattach the fingers.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown