Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Multicircuits Inc., 2301 Universal Street, OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN 54904
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the multiple head locations.
Final narrative
An employee was standing between the carriage and the machine frame to change a water rinse bath on an auto plating line. The carriage began moving and the employee's head was crushed between the carriage and the plating line frame, causing a skull fracture and a partial ear avulsion.
HospitalizedMultiple head locationsSpecial process machinery, n.e.c.
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