Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at RIDCO, INC.
Start: 5/1/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018054216 · 5/1/2018 · RIDCO, INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name: RIDCO, INC.
Location: 6 Beverage Hill Avenue, PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND, 02860
NAICS: 423840
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A temporary employee was showing a coworker how to run a particular job on a machine press. She was attempting to position a part in the point of operation when the machine actuated. Her right hand was then crushed by the machine, requiring hospitalization.

Source

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