Multiple types of open wounds

Name: Multiple types of open wounds at Mohawk Industries
Start: 1/24/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019010869 · 1/24/2019 · Mohawk Industries

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Multiple types of open wounds

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Mohawk Industries
Location: 485 AR-9 Spur, MELBOURNE, ARKANSAS, 72556
NAICS: 314110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two machine operators were clearing a jam in a feeder machine. When the jam was removed the lever that drops the feeder chains was activated and the feeder chains dropped on the injured employee's left hand. The injured employee sustained deep puncture/lacerations and a compression injury to the left hand.

Source

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