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

Name: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c. at American Gypsum Company Duke Plant
Start: 6/8/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019065808 · 6/8/2019 · American Gypsum Company Duke Plant

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
Secondary source: Handtools-powered, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: American Gypsum Company Duke Plant
Location: 18972 Hwy 62, DUKE, OKLAHOMA, 73532
NAICS: 212399
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a rock dump with an air lance when the air lance became caught in the rock agitator, pulling the employee's hand into a moving part. The employee suffered a laceration and dislocation to the right index finger. The agitator chute was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Source

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