Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Dielectric Corporation
Start: 7/21/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016076660 · 7/21/2016 · Dielectric Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head, unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source: Hoses
Secondary source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Dielectric Corporation
Location: W141 N9250 Fountain Blvd., MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN, 53051
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was struck in the head by a plastic hose that became wrapped around a rotating CNC machine spindle. The hose struck the employee in the head causing a severe laceration. The employee's right pinky finger was also broken and lacerated. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of the head injury.

Source

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