Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Aleris Rolled Products, Inc., 838 N. Delsea Drive, CLAYTON, NEW JERSEY 08312
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was using a spray bottle to clean a coating machine. The employee dropped the spray bottle, and when he reached for it, his hand was caught in the machine. His hand was crushed and lacerated. The machine was running at the time.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedPainting, priming, metal coating machinery
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