Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Omega Plastics Corporation
Start: 8/25/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015086113 · 8/25/2015 · Omega Plastics Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Presses-printing

Employer

Name: Omega Plastics Corporation
Location: PAGE AND SCHUYLER AVE., LYNDHURST, NEW JERSEY, 07071
NAICS: 322223
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the rubber plates on the printing press and crushed three fingers between the printing cylinders. The machine was running at the time and was not locked out.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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