Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Name: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at 3M Company, Inc.
Start: 5/10/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025054416 · 5/10/2025 · 3M Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Wrist(s) and arm(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Rollers, cylinders

Employer

Name: 3M Company, Inc.
Location: 1400 State Docks Road, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
NAICS: 326113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was feeding film through stainless steel rollers on a lengthwise orienter machine when their left forearm became caught between two rollers. The employee sustained fractures to their radius, ulna, and wrist, as well as an avulsion to the left forearm.

Source

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