Multiple surface and flesh wounds

Name: Multiple surface and flesh wounds at Neiman Enterprises, Inc.
Start: 10/7/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024109336 · 10/7/2024 · Neiman Enterprises, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple lower extremities locations unspecified
Nature of injury: Multiple surface and flesh wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Planing mills
Secondary source: "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems

Employer

Name: Neiman Enterprises, Inc.
Location: 1510 West Oliver Street, SPEARFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57783
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a planer bander when the photo-sensing eye was tripped and the press started moving. The employee was pinched between the conveyor roller and a plate. The employee sustained lacerations, bruises, and abrasions to the lower extremities that required stitches and staples, as well as compartment syndrome. The machine was not completely de-energized or locked out/tagged out at the time.

Source

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