Fractures

Name: Fractures at Klein Tools, Inc.
Start: 3/11/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022032212 · 3/11/2022 · Klein Tools, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Klein Tools, Inc.
Location: 2300 East Devon Avenue, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
NAICS: 332216
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had been operating a grinder machine. As the employee tried to pick up a dropped part, the machine pulled in the employee's hand. The employee suffered a laceration under the ring and little fingers that required stitches, as well as a broken ulna and radius.

Source

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