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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 20161211605 · 12/13/2016 · Palram Americas, Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Palram Americas, Inc
Location
9741 Commerce Circle, KUTZTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19530
NAICS
326199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was helping to operate a scrap saw and was ensuring plastic would feed through it when a coworker activated the saw, severely cutting the employee's right arm. He required surgery. The saw was guarded at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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