Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Mississippi Polymers, INC.
Start: 7/28/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016076908 · 7/28/2016 · Mississippi Polymers, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), except finger(s)
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Mississippi Polymers, INC.
Location: 2733 SOUTH HARPER ROAD, CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI, 38834
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a blender with the air-actuated discharge valve open for cleaning inside the blender. The employee's right hand was inside the opening with a rag. The switch that opened and closed the valve was bumped, and the valve gate closed on her right hand. The injury was just above the knuckles. She was hospitalized for surgery.

Source

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