Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.
Start: 7/21/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019077430 · 7/21/2019 · Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
Secondary source: Wrenches-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.
Location: 7777 Kia Parkway, WEST POINT, GEORGIA, 31833
NAICS: 336111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a limit switch on a conveyor when he dropped his wrench. The wrench hit the limit switch and caused the conveyor to move forward. The hanger on the conveyor caught his hand and he sustained a severe laceration to the right hand.

Source

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