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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2020010611 · 1/20/2020 · Union Metal Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Union Metal Corporation
Location
1432 MAPLE AVE. NE, CANTON, OHIO, 44705
NAICS
332312
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was moving metal in a forming machine when an adjacent employee hit a button, causing the machine and metal to cycle in the wrong direction. The metal struck the employee's leg, causing severe leg lacerations that required hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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