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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024010113 · 1/5/2024 · TARKETT USA INC.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Upper arm(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Winders, unwinders
Secondary source
Clothing

Employer

Name
TARKETT USA INC.
Location
1000 Vista Drive, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30721
NAICS
339999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting a tuft of carpet as it entered a rolling machine. The employee's safety vest was pinched by a protruding gear shaft, and she was pulled into the machine. The employee sustained a fractured humerus and was hospitalized for surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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