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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2016076006 · 7/5/2016 · Rubber Designs, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

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

Employer

Name
Rubber Designs, LLC
Location
Rubber Design, RANGER, GEORGIA, 30734
NAICS
326299
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a bucket to fill a rubber mixing machine when the bucket became caught in the machine. The employee tried to pull the bucket out, but the machine pulled the employee's left hand in and crushed it. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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