Fractures

Name: Fractures at Upstate Shredding, LLC
Start: 7/9/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022075982 · 7/9/2022 · Upstate Shredding, LLC

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Clothing, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Upstate Shredding, LLC
Location: 1 Recycle Drive, OWEGO, NEW YORK, 13827
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an air wand to clear debris around equipment. An unguarded belt and pulley caught the sleeve of his safety vest and pulled his left arm into the conveyor end. The employee was hospitalized with a lower arm fracture and bilateral arm lacerations requiring surgery.

Source

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