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Avulsions, enucleations

1 hospitalization · 2018076575 · 7/1/2018 · Weyerhaeuser NR Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Avulsions, enucleations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Weyerhaeuser NR Company
Location
4970 Hwy 31, CASTLEBERRY, ALABAMA, 36432
NAICS
423310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning around an industrial screen machine during production operations when the employee attempted to remove a piece of debris from inside the glue trough. The trough then engaged and came down on the employee's hand, causing the skin to be pulled back. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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