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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2016098979 · 9/22/2016 · Rochling Glastic Composites

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Presses, except printing, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Rochling Glastic Composites
Location
4321 GLENRIDGE ROAD, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44121
NAICS
326199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a pultrusion flat sheet press. When the employee tried to retrieve an item in the press, his left arm was caught by the traveling puller as it attempted to return to the home position causing a crushing injury to the arm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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