Fractures and burns

Name: Fractures and burns at PENN COLOR, INC.
Start: 10/4/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015107374 · 10/4/2015 · PENN COLOR, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures and burns

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: PENN COLOR, INC.
Location: 2755 BERGEY ROAD, HATFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA, 19440
NAICS: 325132
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee's gloved hand made contact with and was pulled in between two rollers of a mill machine while he was loading small, hardened chips of pre-mix onto the rollers for further processing. He sustained four right-hand finger amputations and third degree burns to his right forearm.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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