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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2016087736 · 8/17/2016 · Community Newspaper Holdings of West Virginia

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Conveyors-live roller

Employer

Name
Community Newspaper Holdings of West Virginia
Location
801 North Kanawha Street, BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA, 25801
NAICS
511110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On August 17, 2016, at approximately 12:15 a.m., an employee was moving bundles of paper into a strapping machine by hand using a motor-driven roller line. While attempting to remove a paper from the line, the employee's right hand and arm were pulled into the live rollers. He was hospitalized with a fractured right arm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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