SEBRING, OHIO—
FOUNDRY SAND SERVICE, LLC
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at FOUNDRY SAND SERVICE, LLC, 20455 LAKE PARK BLVD, SEBRING, OHIO 44672 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was attempting to clean a tail pulley from a conveyor system. The tail pulley caught his shirt and pulled him into the conveyor. He suffered a cut on the left arm. The machine was not guarded or locked out/tagged out at the time.
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