Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Burns and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Coffee County Gin Co., Inc., 500 Cotton Gin Road, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA 31533
on — Burns and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the hand(s) and wrist(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a walkway with a compressed air hose when he tripped over the hose and fell to the ground. As the employee fell to the ground, his right hand landed on the belt of a conveyor system. His hand was then pulled into the area of the conveyor where the belt turns over the drum, and his right hand was caught between the belt, drum, and frame of the conveyor. He sustained a laceration and burns to his right hand and wrist.
HospitalizedHand(s) and wrist(s)Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
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