Fractures and dislocations

Name: Fractures and dislocations at ACME BRICK
Start: 4/20/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020043658 · 4/20/2020 · ACME BRICK

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures and dislocations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: ACME BRICK
Location: 22436 Hwy 67N, MALVERN, ARKANSAS, 72104
NAICS: 444190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A temporary employee cleaned a tripper and radioed the operator to restart the machine. The employee was then caught in a rotating shaft, suffering a left shoulder dislocation and left arm fracture that required hospitalization. The guard was removed at the time of the incident.

Source

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