Fractures

Name: Fractures at Joy Global Inc.
Start: 2/12/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017021403 · 2/12/2017 · Joy Global Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Joy Global Inc.
Location: 4400 W. National Ave., MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53214
NAICS: 333131
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing service and maintenance on a machine when the pulley unit lacerated and fractured the employee's right hand, requiring surgery and hospitalization. The machine was unguarded and energized at the time of the incident.

Source

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