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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 20191010964 · 10/21/2019 · Mueller, 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
Conveyors-belt
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Mueller, Inc
Location
6914 Highway 2, OAK GROVE, LOUISIANA, 71263
NAICS
332311
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was moving scraps on an assembly line. She was sitting down beside the conveyor belt with her hand resting on the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt is automatic and turned on. Her cotton glove was caught in the belt, resulting in the left index finger getting caught between the chain and the frame. She was hospitalized with a lacerated/broken left index finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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