Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HOBBY LOBBY DISTRIBUTION II, 3700 S. Council Rd., OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73179
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee was doing maintenance work on a conveyor, checking to see if material or debris had fallen down under the conveyor. The conveyor was stopped and the employee went to grab something he saw underneath it. When the person who controlled the movement of the conveyor saw the employee reach under the conveyor, he put the handheld control down to walk towards the employee. When he went to place it down, he accidentally dropped the control and it energized the conveyor. The employee was caught between the conveyor and a cross bar under the conveyor, crushing his abdomen. He was hospitalized for surgery.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersConveyors-powered, unspecified
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