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Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

1 hospitalization · 2021119587 · 11/5/2021 · CLIFTON MOULDING CORP.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury
Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

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

Employer

Name
CLIFTON MOULDING CORP.
Location
100 S AVENUE B, CLIFTON, TEXAS, 76634
NAICS
321918
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was shoveling dust at a mill house. His clothing caught on the rotating shaft of a hammer mill, and he was pulled toward the machine and thrown to the ground. He suffered four fractured ribs, a fractured iliac crest, a lacerated kidney, and contusions to his elbow and leg, all on the right side of his body. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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