Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Planters Cotton Oil Mill
Start: 5/17/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018054839 · 5/17/2018 · Planters Cotton Oil Mill

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Planters Cotton Oil Mill
Location: 2901 Planters Drive, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71601
NAICS: 111191
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing out the saw cylinder on a de-linter machine when a helper accidentally bumped the hydraulic lever that controls the door. The door closed on the employee's right index finger, causing deep lacerations that required surgery and hospitalization.

Source

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