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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 20161110440 · 11/5/2016 · VanVoorst Lumber Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Elbow(s) and arms(s)
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Boring, routing, notching machines
Secondary source
Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts

Employer

Name
VanVoorst Lumber Company
Location
1 Center Street, UNION HILL, ILLINOIS, 60969
NAICS
321999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using an air hose to blow off the router bit on a router machine. The employee's sleeve was caught in the rotating router bit, pulling his arm into the rotating equipment. He suffered a laceration on his right elbow up to his armpit. The router machine was in operation at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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