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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 20201111232 · 11/30/2020 · Midwest Scrap Management

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple body parts, unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Midwest Scrap Management
Location
850 East 45th Street North, PARK CITY, KANSAS, 67219
NAICS
423930
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was checking a double feed roller hydraulic assembly to see if any obstructions were keeping it from opening all the way. As the employee removed a piece of steel, the employee was crushed in the hydraulic assembly resulting in fractured ribs and vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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