Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Lydall Performance Materials, Inc.
Start: 8/23/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022087508 · 8/23/2022 · Lydall Performance Materials, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Paper production machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Lydall Performance Materials, Inc.
Location: 310 Running Pump Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17603
NAICS: 339991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was running a paper press. The air tube that feeds leftover paper to a shredding fan became jammed with paper. The employee disconnected the hose from the fan and proceeded to clear the jam when their right index finger was injured by the fan blade.

Source

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