Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Bardes Plastics, Inc
Start: 1/30/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019011120 · 1/30/2019 · Bardes Plastics, Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Bardes Plastics, Inc
Location: 5225 West Clinton Avenue, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53223
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was setting up a thermo-forming press and placing a shim while standing on a step stool. The employee slipped and inadvertently activated the press crushing his left thumb. He was hospitalized for surgery.

Source

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