Fractures

Name: Fractures at Henkels & McCoy, Inc.
Start: 2/7/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019021409 · 2/7/2019 · Henkels & McCoy, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Henkels & McCoy, Inc.
Location: WBR Townline Rd and South Duggan Road, BELOIT, WISCONSIN, 53511
NAICS: 237130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing ice from the ropes used to pull power lines through a traveler. The grip broke and the rope pulling the cable through the roller pulled the employee's right hand into the traveler, breaking some bones and tearing the carpal tunnel ligament.

Source

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