Fractures

Name: Fractures at Loos & Co., Inc.
Start: 2/20/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019021893 · 2/20/2019 · Loos & Co., Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Loos & Co., Inc.
Location: 16B Mashamoquet Road, POMFRET CENTER, CONNECTICUT, 06259
NAICS: 331222
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was carrying scrap wire near a rotating machine barrel. The spinning barrel caught the wire and pulled the employee's left arm into the machine, causing cuts, abrasions, fractures, and lost feeling/circulation.

Source

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