Fractures

Name: Fractures at Plaskolite Zanesville
Start: 11/8/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191111666 · 11/8/2019 · Plaskolite Zanesville

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Plaskolite Zanesville
Location: 1175 5 B's Drive, ZANESVILLE, OHIO, 43701
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on a catwalk, unjamming a sheet of material at the cross-cut saw on an extrusion line. The employee's right leg was caught between a fixed roller conveyor and a saw carriage that moved back and forth on the conveyor. The employee suffered a compound fracture to the leg.

Source

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