Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Americas Catch
Start: 3/16/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016032307 · 3/16/2016 · Americas Catch

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Americas Catch
Location: 46623 CR 523, ITTA BENA, MISSISSIPPI, 38941
NAICS: 311712
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was replacing plastic flapper in the de-icer machine when the start lever activated the de-icer. The employee's left arm was crushed inside the machine, which was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Source

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