Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION
Start: 8/7/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023087126 · 8/7/2023 · THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION
Location: 5601 EAST HIGHLAND DRIVE, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, 72401
NAICS: 332116
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was making adjustments to a swaging machine. As she was changing the mandrel, her right hand was wedged between the top plate and the mandrel, resulting in a crush injury that required surgery.

Source

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