Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Estex Manufacturing
Start: 8/30/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016088214 · 8/30/2016 · Estex Manufacturing

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Estex Manufacturing
Location: 402 Broad Street, FAIRBURN, GEORGIA, 30213
NAICS: 314912
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The employee was operating a grommet machine placing the bottom and top grommet on the canvas materials when she noticed the top grommet was not straight. She tried to straighten it and the hammer came down on her right middle finger, crushing the fingertip.

Source

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