Fractures

Name: Fractures at Mid Continent Steel and Wire, Inc.
Start: 3/26/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017032746 · 3/26/2017 · Mid Continent Steel and Wire, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Mid Continent Steel and Wire, Inc.
Location: 2700 Central Avenue, POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI, 63901
NAICS: 332618
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a plastic strip collator when her right forearm was caught in the orientation wheel, lacerating and fracturing it. The machine was running and unguarded at the time of the incident.

Source

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