Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at LG Hausys America, Inc.
Start: 7/12/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019077058 · 7/12/2019 · LG Hausys America, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, unspecified
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
Secondary source: Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools

Employer

Name: LG Hausys America, Inc.
Location: 310 LG Dr, ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30103
NAICS: 326191
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning debris from the rollers of a calendar machine while it was in operation. The mill cleaning cloth the employee was using caught on one of the rollers and the employee was pulled in between two rollers. He sustained crushing injuries to the upper body and head.

Source

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