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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2018054396 · 5/7/2018 · Innovative Formulations

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source
Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage

Employer

Name
Innovative Formulations
Location
675 Hwy 43 E, HARRISON, ARKANSAS, 72601
NAICS
424210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was dumping powdered sugar into a portable oscillating blender. A tag was dropped into the machine. The employee attempted to remove the tag and the blender pulled the employee's left hand between the metal bars and a screen, resulting in two broken fingers. The machine was running at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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