Avulsions, enucleations

Name: Avulsions, enucleations at Patrick Industries, Inc.
Start: 7/25/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023076703 · 7/25/2023 · Patrick Industries, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
Nature of injury: Avulsions, enucleations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Patrick Industries, Inc.
Location: 20 Eby Chiques Road, MOUNT JOY, PENNSYLVANIA, 17552
NAICS: 326130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a machine. As they were scraping the bottom roller of the board coater, their left hand was pulled in and pinched between the underside of the plate and the bottom roller. The employee suffered a left hand degloving injury from the fingertips to their mid-wrist that involved nerve, vessel, and tendon avulsions. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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