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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2018099875 · 9/24/2018 · Nekoosa Coated Products

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Knee(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
Secondary source
Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts

Employer

Name
Nekoosa Coated Products
Location
841 Market Street, NEKOOSA, WISCONSIN, 54457
NAICS
322220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was realigning a cardboard lid in a lidding machine. His sweatshirt was caught on the pulley driving the machine's infeed belts, and his arm was pulled in. He sustained bruises and scratches to his right arm and shoulder and fractured his knee while trying to free himself.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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