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Surface, flesh wounds and soft tissue injuries

1 hospitalization · 2024043231 · 4/13/2024 · Artco-Bell Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple upper extremities locations n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Surface, flesh wounds and soft tissue injuries

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Industrial surfacing and finishing machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Hoses except machine

Employer

Name
Artco-Bell Corporation
Location
1302 Industrial Boulevard, TEMPLE, TEXAS, 76504
NAICS
337127
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a hose to rinse the rollers of a glue machine that had laminated wood boards. The hose got caught in the rollers before pulling the employee's right arm into the rollers, resulting in hospitalization due to a contusion to the forearm and elbow, an elbow sprain, muscle strain, fascia and tendon damage in the forearm, pain in the forearm and elbow, and a contusion and pain in the right upper arm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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