Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Name: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at American Industrial Transport
Start: 1/4/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024010089 · 1/4/2024 · American Industrial Transport

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and finger(s)
Nature of injury: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating

Employer

Name: American Industrial Transport
Location: 754 Joiner Road, TENNILLE, GEORGIA, 31089
NAICS: 482111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was feeding a piece of metal into a triangle roller. The roller caught the employee's welding glove and pulled in their left hand, breaking three fingers and causing a degloving injury. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Source

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