Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Farmers Gin & Peanuts Company, Inc.
Start: 12/16/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015129528 · 12/16/2015 · Farmers Gin & Peanuts Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Farmers Gin & Peanuts Company, Inc.
Location: 2595 Hwy 133-S, MOULTRIE, GEORGIA, 31788
NAICS: 115111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the battery condenser between catwalks while standing on one of the machine's discharge side, between a catwalk and a 45 degree slide. The employee slid down the battery condenser slide (45 degree angle) and fell into the cotton press. The press was not running at the time of the incident. The employee sustained lacerations to the back of the head, fracture lumbar vertebrae and a collapsed lung.

Source

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