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Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

1 hospitalization · 2024043420 · 4/19/2024 · Woodhaven Furniture Industries, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury
Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Stationary sawing machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Woodhaven Furniture Industries, LLC
Location
611 20th St. SE, CAIRO, GEORGIA, 39828
NAICS
337121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a panel saw. The machine malfunctioned and the employee went behind it to try and fix it. When he adjusted a valve, the machine activated and moved forward trapping him between the beam and the wood preparing to load. The employee sustained fractured ribs and injury to the abdomen and chest areas.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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