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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2021119863 · 11/14/2021 · ABM - Facility Services

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Forearm(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source
Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name
ABM - Facility Services
Location
2900 Rolling Pin Lane, SUWANEE, GEORGIA, 30024
NAICS
561720
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was blowing off debris and baking products from a conveyor belt using an air gun to prepare for the next production run. In the process of blowing off the conveyor belt, the air gun got caught in the belt, causing it to spin and strike the employee in the left arm. The employee suffered a fracture above their left wrist.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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