Fractures

Name: Fractures at Builders Firstsource
Start: 7/19/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021075919 · 7/19/2021 · Builders Firstsource

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Forearm(s)
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.

Employer

Name: Builders Firstsource
Location: 170 Elan Court, MIDWAY, GEORGIA, 31320
NAICS: 321214
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading lumber and gusset plates into a splicer machine which presses the plates into the lumber to connect them. The employee's forearm was caught in the point of operation when the machine started, resulting in a fractured and lacerated right forearm.

Source

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