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Other burns, first degree

1 hospitalization · 2020010279 · 1/10/2020 · Shaw Industries Inc. Plant 12

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s) and finger(s)
Nature of injury
Other burns, first degree

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
Shaw Industries Inc. Plant 12
Location
770 Joe Frank Harris Parkway, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30120
NAICS
314110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was applying plastic stretch film to a roll of carpet using a trolley-mounted stretch film head. The film tore and retracted back into the head of the film machine, wrapping around some small middle tension rollers. The employee was removing the film from the rollers with scissors when the machine activated and fed more film. His gloved left hand was caught between the small rollers and the lid of the stretch wrap machine, causing friction burns to the back of the hand, the little finger, and the middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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