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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2015129242 · 12/7/2015 · Southern Industrial Electric, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Forearm(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Suits, coats, jackets

Employer

Name
Southern Industrial Electric, Inc.
Location
248 Sweetwater Drive, BAXLEY, GEORGIA, 31513
NAICS
238210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A contract employee at a host employer worksite was changing a light bulb while positioned on a stepladder when his clothing got caught on a piece of metal on a rotating shaft, pulling the worker into the machine and fracturing both forearms.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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