Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Gap Distribution Center
Start: 5/14/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024054258 · 5/14/2024 · Gap Distribution Center

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Wrist(s) and arm(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Gap Distribution Center
Location: 110 Merritt Boulevard, FISHKILL, NEW YORK, 12524
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in a scissor lift about 20 feet high to remove a roller from a roller conveyor. The belt conveyor was located about two feet above the roller conveyor. The employee was pulled into a metal horizontal support bar and caught in the belt conveyor. He sustained a laceration to his right wrist and arm and was hospitalized.

Source

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