Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at LG Hausys America, Inc., 310 LG DRIVE SE, ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA 30103
on — Fractures, affecting the hand(s) and finger(s).
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Final narrative
On March 20, 2017, at approximately 6:30 p.m., an employee was guiding a sample leather sheet through the roller machine. The employee's hands were pulled into the machine and caught between the top and lower rollers resulting in a fractured right thumb and fractured metacarpals in both hands including lacerations, abrasions and contusions to both hands.
HospitalizedHand(s) and finger(s)Miscellaneous machinery, unspecified
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