Fractures and burns

Name: Fractures and burns at M. Argueso & Co., Inc.
Start: 9/21/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021098117 · 9/21/2021 · M. Argueso & Co., Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures and burns

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: M. Argueso & Co., Inc.
Location: 12651 Elmwood Avenue, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44111
NAICS: 324199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On September 21, 2021, at approximately 2:30 a.m. an employee was cleaning a pastillator machine, a rotoform granulation system, when her right hand was caught and crushed in a running nip point. The employee sustained fractures and second and third degree burns to the right hand. The machine was not locked out or guarded at the time.

Source

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