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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 2019066248 · 6/21/2019 · Resource Recovery Systems, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Banding, baling, strapping machinery
Secondary source
Wrenches-nonpowered

Employer

Name
Resource Recovery Systems, LLC
Location
4700 Middle Ave, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34234
NAICS
423930
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was trying to release the brake on the engine twister of a compactor bailer using a crescent wrench. The twister motor spun out and the wrench struck the employee's right hand causing an injury that required surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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