Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at River Town Ironworks, Inc.
Start: 5/17/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018054826 · 5/17/2018 · River Town Ironworks, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
Secondary source: Rollers

Employer

Name: River Town Ironworks, Inc.
Location: 38043 Industrial Boulevard, PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, WISCONSIN, 53821
NAICS: 332323
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was placing a piece of angle iron on a roller to stop the rotation of the drum when the employee's arm became stuck between the roller and drum, crushing the employee's arm/hand.

Source

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