Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Distribution International, 2322 French Settlement Rd. , DALLAS, TEXAS 75212
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
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Final narrative
On May 7, at approximately 10:24 AM, a temporary employee was standing on a platform while insulation was being rolled on a laminating machine's mandrel when his hand was pulled into the rotating mandrel. He suffered a cervical fracture in his neck and two fractured bones in his right arm, requiring hospitalization and neck surgery.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Special process machinery, n.e.c.
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