Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at R.W. Screw Products, Inc., 999 Oberlin Ave. SW, MASSILLON, OHIO 44647
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee suffered a hand fracture and tendon laceration while adjusting a machine and screwing in new screws. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
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