Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Phifer, Inc.
Start: 11/19/2017

1 hospitalization · 20171111102 · 11/19/2017 · Phifer, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Phifer, Inc.
Location: 4400 Kauloosa Ave, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35403
NAICS: 313210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was threading woven material through the take-up device on a loom when his right middle finger entered the pinch point between the rollers while he was jogging them. As he pulled his finger back, the rollers fractured his fingertip and removed his fingernail.

Source

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