Fractures

Name: Fractures at Resolute Forest Products
Start: 11/22/2023

1 hospitalization · 20231110757 · 11/22/2023 · Resolute Forest Products

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Resolute Forest Products
Location: 5428 Junction City Highway, EL DORADO, ARKANSAS, 71730
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were working to unjam a piece of lumber (cant) that was stuck in a gang resaw. Sensors on the machine were activated, causing the air-actuated pressure rollers to come down on an employee's right arm, crushing it. The employee sustained multiple broken bones.

Source

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