Multiple traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc.

Name: Multiple traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc. at Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope, Inc.
Start: 3/14/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022032296 · 3/14/2022 · Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Multiple traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc.

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope, Inc.
Location: 1101 Fountain Parkway, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75050
NAICS: 327215
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to retrieve a magnet from inside a powered conveyor. The conveyor arm dropped down and crushed the employee's right arm against the conveyor's frame. The employee suffered a torn artery and muscles in the arm and was hospitalized, requiring surgery. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Source

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