MOUNT VERNON, OHIO—
JELD-WEN, INC.
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at JELD-WEN, INC., 1201 NEWARK ROAD, MOUNT VERNON, OHIO 43050 on — Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c., affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
On September 14, 2017, an employee was hospitalized after suffering a head injury while operating a glass cutting machine. The employee bent down to the floor and was struck on the head by the moving bridge of the machine. The employee also suffered a heart attack.
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An employee was preparing a boiler for maintenance. The hatch doors to the boiler were being opened. After opening the left door, the employee began to open the right door; as the employee removed the bolts to open the hatch, the hatch dislodged from the top hanger supporting bracket, fell, and struck the employee's left side. The employee suffered fractures to the skull, collarbone, wrist, and hand, all on the left side.
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An employee was transferring a load of bifold doors onto rollers. The employee's right ring fingertip was pinched between the rollers and the doors and the fingertip was amputated.
VENICE, FLORIDA—
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An employee was operating a chop saw to cut scrap material when his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained a laceration to the top of the hand between the middle and ring fingers.
MOUNT VERNON, OHIO—
Jeld-Wen, Inc.
An employee was removing groove filler from a vinyl extrusion piece using a handheld cutting tool. The tool lacerated the back of the employee's left hand and the employee was hospitalized.
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