Fractures

Name: Fractures at INX International Ink Co.
Start: 6/9/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016065095 · 6/9/2016 · INX International Ink Co.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Bags, sacks

Employer

Name: INX International Ink Co.
Location: 3100 West Wisconsin Ave., APPLETON, WISCONSIN, 54914
NAICS: 325910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was preparing material to add to a batch on a mixer. A plastic bag became tangled in a mixer shaft, and the employee's arm also became wrapped around the shaft. The employee suffered a compound fracture to the left arm.

Source

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