Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Midwest Fabrication and Construction
Start: 9/7/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022097937 · 9/7/2022 · Midwest Fabrication and Construction

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Conveyors-chain
Secondary source: Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Midwest Fabrication and Construction
Location: White Energy Ethanol Plant, PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, 79072
NAICS: 332999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a sprocket for a conveyor. An adjacent conveyor was turned on and caught a welder's blanket that had been covering part of it. The blanket wrapped around the employee's left foot and dragged the employee's leg into the conveyor, causing severe injury to the leg and the foot. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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