Fractures

Name: Fractures at Flex-O-Glass, Inc.
Start: 9/29/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017099343 · 9/29/2017 · Flex-O-Glass, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source: Winders, unwinders

Employer

Name: Flex-O-Glass, Inc.
Location: 1200 Warp Rd., DIXON, ILLINOIS, 61021
NAICS: 326112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A temporary employee was removing folds from the plastic sheet/film product web that was running through the greenhouse rewind machine. The employee's right foot slipped and was caught in an ingoing nip point between rotating rollers. The employee sustained compound fractures to his lower leg, ankle and foot. The rollers were unguarded at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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