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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017099051 · 9/21/2017 · Green Country Shredding & Recycling, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck

Employer

Name
Green Country Shredding & Recycling, Inc.
Location
360 W Main, SAND SPRINGS, OKLAHOMA, 74063
NAICS
561990
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee climbed into the shred trailer of a truck to clean out the shred portion when his arm was caught in the truck's conveyor belt, fracturing his arm and causing skin and tissue damage. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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