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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2022043405 · 4/20/2022 · Kase Equipment Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Head, unspecified
Nature of injury
Crushing injuries

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Kase Equipment Inc
Location
7400 Hub Parkway, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44125
NAICS
532412
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee entered the side of a machine near the feed system. The feed system access door had been removed to install a window into the door and the interlock system had been bypassed. As the employee was clearing a misfeed and adjusting the feed arm the feed tray system activated catching the employee's head between the feed arm and feed tray causing a crushing injury.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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