Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BWAY Corporation, 6 Litho Road, LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY 08648
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a machine that applies coating to metal sheets used in the manufacture of steel pails. The employee attempted to clean the rear of a catch tray with a wiping rag. The rag entered a gap between the tray and the composite roller and became caught in an in-running nip point between two rollers. The employee's right hand was pulled into the rollers, resulting in a crushing injury. The machine was in motion at the time of the incident.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedPainting, priming, metal coating machinery
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