Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Confortaire, Inc.
Start: 4/5/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017043089 · 4/5/2017 · Confortaire, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Confortaire, Inc.
Location: 2133 South Veterans Blvd, TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, 38804
NAICS: 326140
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting fabric strips on a strip machine when it jammed. While trying to clear the jam, the machine's blade came down and lacerated and fractured the employee's left index finger and thumb.

Source

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