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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2017032453 · 3/16/2017 · J.L. Clark LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Shearing machines

Employer

Name
J.L. Clark LLC
Location
923 23rd Ave, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61104
NAICS
332431
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On March 16, 2017, at approximately 9:50 p.m., an employee was hand cleaning the powered in-feed rollers used for pulling steel sheet from the steel sheet coil located on the nearby mandrel using a rag with a solvent when the employee's right hand was pulled in between the two rollers and crushed.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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