Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Ahlstrom-Munksjo
Start: 2/19/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020021648 · 2/19/2020 · Ahlstrom-Munksjo

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Paper production machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Ahlstrom-Munksjo
Location: 600 Thilmany Road, KAUKAUNA, WISCONSIN, 54130
NAICS: 322121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using his right hand to remove jammed paper from a paper machine when his right arm and hand were caught between two rope sheaves, causing severe lacerations, a severed main artery in the forearm, and a fractured hand bone. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Source

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