Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Brookshire Grocery Company, 13157 N. Hwy 271, TYLER, TEXAS 75708
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was repairing an elevated conveyor belt that had separated and stopped turning on the rollers. He repaired the belt and re-energized the system. The belt still did not move properly, and he moved to view the mechanism from a different angle. The belt caught his left hand and pulled it into the roller mechanism. The employee's left hand was crushed and degloved.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedConveyors-belt
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