Fractures

Name: Fractures at Thelin Recycling Company, LP
Start: 3/12/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018032437 · 3/12/2018 · Thelin Recycling Company, LP

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name: Thelin Recycling Company, LP
Location: FM 423 & 380, FRISCO, TEXAS, 75034
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing routine maintenance on a discharge conveyor belt when another employee activated the machine. The employee was then thrown into the moving conveyor, breaking several ribs. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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