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Crushing injuries
1 hospitalization · 2017032173 · 3/8/2017 · UNITED ROTARY BRUSH CORPORATION
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Multiple upper extremities locations, 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
- UNITED ROTARY BRUSH CORPORATION
- Location
- 15607 W. 100TH TERRACE, LENEXA, KANSAS, 66219
- NAICS
- 339994
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was operating a convoluted press machine and got their left forearm caught in the press. The arm was crushed from the hand to the elbow.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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