Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Paradigm Metals Incorporated , 15811 Vision Drive, PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS 78660
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating the vertical mill press when the employee's jacket sleeve came in contact with the rotating counter bore bit. His left arm was pulled around the machine fracturing it and also causing many lacerations.
HospitalizedArm(s), unspecifiedMilling machines
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