Fractures

Name: Fractures at MJ Lathern Co., Inc.
Start: 10/10/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017109732 · 10/10/2017 · MJ Lathern Co., Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Brake presses

Employer

Name: MJ Lathern Co., Inc.
Location: 224 North Hewitt Drive, HEWITT, TEXAS, 76643
NAICS: 332710
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee was holding a metal part on a brake press while another employee operated the press. As the press operator hit the brake press pedal, the injured employee's right hand slipped off the metal and was smashed and fractured between the metal part and the press die.

Source

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