Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Gayland Ward Seed Company
Start: 8/16/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018088426 · 8/16/2018 · Gayland Ward Seed Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Gayland Ward Seed Company
Location: 4395 US Hwy 60, HEREFORD, TEXAS, 79045
NAICS: 493130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee moved a belt that controls a rotating auger to clear a clog. When the clog cleared, the auger started up, pulling the employee's right hand into the auger and lacerating it.

Source

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