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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2018033079 · 3/30/2018 · Pallets Acquisition LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Forearm(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Pallets Acquisition LLC
Location
128 Farrar St., SHADY DALE, GEORGIA, 31085
NAICS
321920
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was trying to remove a jammed piece of wood from a saw when the saw caught the wood, resulting in a fracture of the employee's forearm that required hospitalization and surgery. The saw was running at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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