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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 20181212377 · 12/3/2018 · Chain Electric Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Machinery, unspecified
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Chain Electric Company, Inc.
Location
Power South Facility, JACKSON, ALABAMA, 36545
NAICS
238210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was undoing a snag of wire splice hung up on a pole. The wire snagged the employee's left glove, pulling the employee's hand into the wire rollers; the employee's left thumb suffered several fractures.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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