Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kissner Group, 341 Pigeon Point Rd, NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE 19720
on — Fractures, affecting the forearm(s).
Final narrative
At 8:35 p.m. on December 2, 2018, an employee was on a 9- to 10-foot mobile work platform ladder, using an air hose to dry the head pulley of a feed conveyor to keep it from slipping. The employee lost balance and began to fall forward, and their right glove was caught between the conveyor belt and the head pulley. The employee was pulled in, suffering a closed fracture to the ulna and radius.
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Mining operation
This is a mining-sector employer (NAICS 212393). For MSHA mine-safety and violation records for this operator, see miningincidents.org →
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