Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Wheeling Newspaper Inc.
Start: 10/25/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191011138 · 10/25/2019 · Wheeling Newspaper Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: Wheeling Newspaper Inc.
Location: 240 20th Street, WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, 26003
NAICS: 511110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was at the bundle squeezer when a bundle went past and the bundle squeezer closed on their finger. The employee sustained crushing injuries to their left index finger.

Source

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