Fractures

Name: Fractures at Acme Industries, Inc.
Start: 6/15/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023065279 · 6/15/2023 · Acme Industries, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Pelvis
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Acme Industries, Inc.
Location: 1325 Pratt Blvd, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
NAICS: 332710
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing out the tooling on the vertical machining center (VMC) when the table he was positioned on moved and crushed his pelvis between the platen table and the frame of the machine, resulting in a pelvic fracture. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Source

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