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Multiple traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc.

1 hospitalization · 2017109444 · 10/2/2017 · T M POLY-FILM, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Multiple traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc.

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Winders, unwinders

Employer

Name
T M POLY-FILM, INC.
Location
503 INDUSTRIAL BLVD, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
NAICS
326113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working at a winder, cutting a roll of plastic film, when the shaft moved and caught his right arm, pulling it into the roll and dislocating it. He also suffered torn tendons and ligaments in his right arm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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