Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Homeland Vinyl Products, Inc.
Start: 6/11/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018065727 · 6/11/2018 · Homeland Vinyl Products, Inc.

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 during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Homeland Vinyl Products, Inc.
Location: 3300 Pinson Valley Parkway, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35217
NAICS: 326113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in the pelletizer machine and got their right-hand fingers caught in the auger. The employee's fingers sustained deep lacerations.

Source

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