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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2017076125 · 7/4/2017 · Solo Cup Operating Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Solo Cup Operating Corporation
Location
7575 S. Kostner, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60652
NAICS
326140
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working at the plastic lid forming mold when the employee's left arm was caught between the mold wheel and a plastic sheet lay-down roller, crushing the soft tissue in the left forearm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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