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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2019010913 · 1/25/2019 · R. M. Palmer Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Forearm(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name
R. M. Palmer Company
Location
800 Van Reed Rd, WYOMISSING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19610
NAICS
311351
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the rollers of a conveyor belt when their arm became caught in the rollers and sustained open fractures of the radius and ulna bones in the left forearm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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