Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Morton Buildings, Incorporated
Start: 8/21/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020087936 · 8/21/2020 · Morton Buildings, Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name: Morton Buildings, Incorporated
Location: 3368 York Road, GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17325
NAICS: 332311
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a press to bend metal flashing. His finger slipped into the press at the same time the machine cycled and his hands were crushed. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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