Fractures

Name: Fractures at Specialty Tires of America, Inc.
Start: 8/8/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019088175 · 8/8/2019 · Specialty Tires of America, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Specialty Tires of America, Inc.
Location: 1600 Washington Street, INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA, 15701
NAICS: 326211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a clam-shaped curing press to vulcanize tires. The employee had to hold a tire in the press as a bladder inflated. The employee's right hand got stuck between the tire and the bladder; the curing press cycled while the employee's hand was stuck, causing open fractures to the middle and ring fingers.

Source

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