Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at United Salt Baytown, LLC
Start: 10/31/2017

1 hospitalization · 20171010460 · 10/31/2017 · United Salt Baytown, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

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

Employer

Name: United Salt Baytown, LLC
Location: 7901 FM 1405, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77521
NAICS: 311942
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was palletizing bags of salt. He was attempting to move a bag that was stuck on a conveyor belt when his right forearm was caught and crushed between two rotating pieces of equipment on the belt. He suffered skin damage that required surgery.

Source

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