Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc.
Start: 8/9/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017087611 · 8/9/2017 · Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Extruding machinery

Employer

Name: Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc.
Location: 801 N Jefferson St, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72764
NAICS: 562920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unjamming a composite board from a cut-off machine when it engaged and came down on his right hand, fracturing and severely lacerating his index, middle, and ring fingers. The machine was guarded at the time.

Source

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