Fractures

Name: Fractures at Biewer Sawmill-Newton, LLC
Start: 1/21/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019010704 · 1/21/2019 · Biewer Sawmill-Newton, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name: Biewer Sawmill-Newton, LLC
Location: 331 Coliseum Drive, NEWTON, MISSISSIPPI, 39345
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had been operating the strapper machine to strap a bundle of lumber. The employee stepped inside the strapper to remove plastic material from the machine. Plastic strap wrapped around her right leg, pulling her into the bundle of wood and breaking her right tibia.

Source

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