Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Carisle Construction Material, LLC, Carlisle Syntec, SENATOBIA, MISSISSIPPI 38668
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was learning how to operate a plastic rolling machine when his body was caught in the machine's roller and wrapped in plastic. He broke his right arm, a shoulder, both legs, and six ribs.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
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