Avulsions, enucleations

Name: Avulsions, enucleations at Adhesives Research, Inc.
Start: 2/21/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019021941 · 2/21/2019 · Adhesives Research, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Special process machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools

Employer

Name: Adhesives Research, Inc.
Location: 400 Seaks Run Road, GLEN ROCK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17327
NAICS: 325520
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a slitter machine with a rag. The rag got caught on the rollers pulling his right hand into the machine. The employee sustained a degloving injury to the hand and a right thumb fracture.

Source

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