Bruises, contusions

Name: Bruises, contusions at Winpak Portion Packaging, Inc.
Start: 12/27/2021

1 hospitalization · 20211211084 · 12/27/2021 · Winpak Portion Packaging, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Bruises, contusions

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Grinders, abraders

Employer

Name: Winpak Portion Packaging, Inc.
Location: 1111 Winpak Way, SAUK VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60411
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At about 9:00 a.m. on December 27, 2021, an employee was feeding a scrap sheet into a grinder when their right hand was caught between a bar (which kept tension on the sheet) and the steel frame of the machine guarding. The employee suffered bruising to the hand and was hospitalized.

Source

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