Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Midwest Scrap Management
Start: 5/20/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025054766 · 5/20/2025 · Midwest Scrap Management

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Arm(s) unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Waste management machinery unspecified
Secondary source: "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems

Employer

Name: Midwest Scrap Management
Location: 850 East 45th Street North, PARK CITY, KANSAS, 67219
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was greasing the rollers on the tumbler when his right arm was caught between two rollers and lacerated. The employee was hospitalized. The rollers were not locked out/tagged out.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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