Fractures

Name: Fractures at Continental Tire North America
Start: 7/27/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024076816 · 7/27/2024 · Continental Tire North America

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Forearm(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck against stationary object n.e.c.
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name: Continental Tire North America
Location: 11525 N IL Highway 142, MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS, 62864
NAICS: 441320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working to free sheets of rubber that were stuck together in a machine. When the sheets popped free, a rubber sheet snapped back and pulled the employee's hands against a non-powered roller resulting in a non-displaced forearm fracture. The machine was not running at the time.

Source

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