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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017010680 · 1/22/2017 · KW Plastics recycling division

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
KW Plastics recycling division
Location
279 Pike Country Lake road, TROY, ALABAMA, 36079
NAICS
326199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

As an employee was attempting to put a screen back on a spin dryer, he stepped into an opening on an auger and his leg was crushed/fractured by the auger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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