Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Jasper Lumber Company, Inc.
Start: 8/14/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018088323 · 8/14/2018 · Jasper Lumber Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: Jasper Lumber Company, Inc.
Location: 2700 Highway 78 W, JASPER, ALABAMA, 35501
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee entered an area to unhang a piece of lumber on a set of conveyor chains for a sorter machine. Another employee, unaware that the employee was in the area, indexed the chains, pinning the first employee between the piece of lumber and an unstacked pack of lumber. The employee was hospitalized with a lacerated spleen and pancreatic transection.

Source

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