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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2025021814 · 2/25/2025 · PECO Pallet, Incorporated

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Conveyors belt, slot, chain
Secondary source
Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating

Employer

Name
PECO Pallet, Incorporated
Location
1104 North Park Drive, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
NAICS
321920
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was observing the pallet painting line. The employee went to remove a piece of plastic from the rotating drive shaft of the chain conveyor when their glove/hand became entangled in the plastic which pulled the employee's arm into the rotating shaft. The employee sustained fractures to the right radius and ulna.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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