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Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

1 hospitalization · 2024021582 · 2/20/2024 · Gates Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury
Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Gates Corporation
Location
630 US Highway 150 E, GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, 61401
NAICS
326220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On February 20, 2024, at approximately 6:30 a.m., an employee was unjamming rubber that had become stuck in a machine. When the machine started, the flapper moved, striking and compressing the employee. The employee was hospitalized for three fractured ribs, a partially collapsed lung, and a puncture wound in the middle of their back.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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