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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2016042757 · 4/2/2016 · Southwire Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Clothing, unspecified

Employer

Name
Southwire Company
Location
1 Southwire Drive, CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, 30119
NAICS
332618
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

While operating the strander machine in normal operating mode, an employee's clothes became entangled in the rotating parts of the machine. The employee was dragged into the machine, suffering head lacerations and breaking the right and left femur, right tibia and fibula, and four ribs.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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