Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Playworld Systems Incorporated
Start: 5/10/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016053983 · 5/10/2016 · Playworld Systems Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Dies, molds, patterns
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Playworld Systems Incorporated
Location: 20 Willow Pond Road, NEW BERLIN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17855
NAICS: 339920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At approximately 5:40 PM, on May 10, 2016, an employee was preparing to change a mold out from a machine. The employee was removing bolts from the new mold, which was held by a forklift, when the mold slipped. The employee's left index and middle fingers were crushed between the roughly 300-pound mold and the arm of the machine, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Source

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