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Fractures and dislocations

1 hospitalization · 20171012390 · 10/17/2017 · UNITED INDUSTRIES

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
UNITED INDUSTRIES
Location
1900 EAST CENTRAL, BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72712
NAICS
326150
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a 48-inch laminator when the employee became caught in the machine's rotating parts resulting in dislocation of a hand and wrist, a fractured forearm, and displacement of skin on the forearm below the elbow.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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