Fractures

Name: Fractures at UPS
Start: 12/15/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015129488 · 12/15/2015 · UPS

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: UPS
Location: 223 N. James Street, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66118
NAICS: 492110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading cars and looking for packages left behind. As he reached into the running equipment his right arm was caught in the pulley and belt, fracturing it. The equipment was not guarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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