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Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.

1 hospitalization · 2019022143 · 2/26/2019 · Plaspack U.S.A., Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury
Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Knitting machinery
Secondary source
Clothing, unspecified

Employer

Name
Plaspack U.S.A., Inc.
Location
753 Amron Rd., ANTIGO, WISCONSIN, 54409
NAICS
314999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On February 26, 2019, at approximately 12:15 p.m., an employee at Plaspack U.S.A., Inc. was cleaning the rubber rollers on a knitter machine when a chain and sprocket located above the floor grabbed her clothes and pulled her into a rotating shaft bracket. The employee sustained crushing injuries to the top of her legs and a puncture wound.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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