Fractures

Name: Fractures at H & R Scrap Metal Company Inc.
Start: 7/31/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020077205 · 7/31/2020 · H & R Scrap Metal Company Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: H & R Scrap Metal Company Inc.
Location: 900 W. Fond Du Lac Avenue, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53225
NAICS: 333999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a wire stripping machine. The machine caught his glove and pulled in his hand. He suffered lacerations to his index and middle fingers and his thumb (which was split down the middle), as well as a broken bone.

Source

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