Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at AMERICAN WALNUT CO.
Start: 12/11/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015129387 · 12/11/2015 · AMERICAN WALNUT CO.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Forearm(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts

Employer

Name: AMERICAN WALNUT CO.
Location: 2801 S. 2ND STREET, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64501
NAICS: 321999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee in the Planing Area was working at the middle wood profiler. When she reached over to the pallet next to her to pick up an air hose with her left hand, her right sleeve became caught in the wood profiler's cutter head. The employee received lacerations to her right forearm and was hospitalized.

Source

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