Fractures

Name: Fractures at H & M Plating Company, Inc.
Start: 2/27/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018021984 · 2/27/2018 · H & M Plating Company, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

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

Employer

Name: H & M Plating Company, Inc.
Location: 6804 La Paseo, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77087
NAICS: 332813
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a horizontal lathe to polish a metal part when the part being turned came loose. The employee tried to catch the piece and it slammed his right hand into the machine. He suffered a laceration and multiple broken metacarpals, requiring hospitalization.

Source

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