Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Edgewell Personal Care, LLC
Start: 10/12/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181010558 · 10/12/2018 · Edgewell Personal Care, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Metal plates, metal panels
Secondary source: Tables, worktables

Employer

Name: Edgewell Personal Care, LLC
Location: 10 Leighton Road, MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06460
NAICS: 332212
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was transferring a steel mold plate from one work bench to another using an overhead hoist when the mold plate already on the work table began to fall/tip over. As he tried to catch the plate, it crushed his right hand.

Source

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