Fractures

Name: Fractures at Guilford Lear Textiles, Inc.
Start: 10/4/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181010271 · 10/4/2018 · Guilford Lear Textiles, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Rollers
Secondary source: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Guilford Lear Textiles, Inc.
Location: 1 Penn Dye Street, PINE GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17963
NAICS: 313312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping others determine why a roll of fabric was not feeding correctly into a machine. A metal roller, under tension from fabric, bent and slipped out from the roller guide. It struck the employee, causing a compound fracture of the left tibia and fibula.

Source

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