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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 20181213187 · 12/26/2018 · Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Extruding machinery

Employer

Name
Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania
Location
60 East Main Street, LEOLA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17540
NAICS
326140
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning rollers on an extruder with a rag. The employee's right arm was caught in an ingoing nip point, suffering an injury that required hospitalization and surgery. Lockout/tagout was not in effect and the nip point did not have a guard at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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