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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2016076127 · 7/8/2016 · Mars 2000, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s) and finger(s)
Nature of injury
Crushing injuries

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Mars 2000, Inc.
Location
40 Agnes Street, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02909
NAICS
326199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was evaluating a machine operation as it pertained to the air pressure pushing plastic molded parts out of the tool and dropping them into the container below. He was standing on top of the machine looking down into the tool area as it opened and closed when he saw that the plastic molded part was hung up in the tool. When he attempted to remove the stuck part, the machine cycled and caught his hand between two tool sections, crushing his right hand and fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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