Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Renewable Energy Systems Americas, Inc, 20278 E 680 Rd, DOVER, OKLAHOMA 73734
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
Employees were troubleshooting an elevator. The injured employee opened the overhead hatch and climbed halfway out onto the ladder to attempt to toggle some switches. Another employee hit the up arrow and the elevator moved crushing the injured employee's right arm between the ladder and the elevator resulting in a fractured and punctured arm. The interlock switch was damaged and did not work allowing the elevator to move with the overhead hatch open.
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