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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 2021087141 · 8/21/2021 · International Marine & Industrial Applicators LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
International Marine & Industrial Applicators LLC
Location
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, 96860
NAICS
336611
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was doing housekeeping work with a 150-horsepower industrial vacuum. The vacuum sucked in a piece of plastic, then sucked in the employee's right arm as the employee tried to remove the plastic. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery to the arm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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