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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2016076423 · 7/15/2016 · ATLAS PAPER MILLS

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
ATLAS PAPER MILLS
Location
3725 EAST 10CT, HIALEAH, FLORIDA, 33010
NAICS
322121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was covering up equipment to keep it from getting wet in the rain. As the employee tried to tie up the cover his right hand was caught between a moving sprocket and chain resulting in a right pinky finger fracture and a laceration to the right ring finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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