Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.
Start: 9/13/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022098110 · 9/13/2022 · Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.
Location: 577 Clover Dew Dairy Road, PRINCETON, WEST VIRGINIA, 24740
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was reaching to reset the drag chain of a conveyor, which was cocked sideways. When the chain was freed, the employee's hand was caught between the chain lug and a piece of metal. The hand was severely lacerated and the employee was hospitalized.

Source

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