Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at All American Poly Corporation, 40 Turner Place, PISCATAWAY, NEW JERSEY 08854
on — Fractures, affecting the forearm(s).
Final narrative
Two employees were installing a new plastic roll on a winder machine. One of them was pulling the film with her left hand from the output side of the machine; the film and the rotating member of the winder caught her left hand, breaking both bones in her left forearm.
HospitalizedForearm(s)Winders, unwinders
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