Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Poly-America, L.P.
Start: 12/10/2023

1 hospitalization · 20231211257 · 12/10/2023 · Poly-America, L.P.

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: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Poly-America, L.P.
Location: 2000 W. Marshall Drive, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75051
NAICS: 326113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was monitoring and operating a converting machine. As the employee was removing a roll of plastic trash bags that was stuck on a shaft, the machine's push-off device/plate lacerated the top of the employee's right hand.

Source

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