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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2017087316 · 8/1/2017 · Town Fair Tire Centers, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Wrist(s)
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source
Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Trailers

Employer

Name
Town Fair Tire Centers, Inc.
Location
460 Coe Ave., EAST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 06512
NAICS
811111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee went to close the roll-up door to the trailer. There was a strip of metal at the bottom of the door which was attached to the cable that acts as a counterweight to the door. As the door was pulled down, the metal strip became detached from the door and was pulled upward toward the top of the door by the cable. As this occurred, the employee was cut by the metal strip across both of his wrists and required surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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